Local sources report that Taliban authorities have detained a former military officer in the Bagram district of eastern Parwan province.
The officer, identified as Haqmal, was apprehended on Monday night from Qala Nasro village and taken away to an unknown location.
Haqmal, sources say, had served in the Ministry of Interior before Afghanistan fell to the Taliban two years ago.
The motive behind the arrest is unclear and the Taliban’s provincial authorities have not commented.
Human rights groups have accused the Taliban of gross human rights violations, fearing revenge killings and enforced disappearances of former security forces have not stopped despite the Taliban’s “general amnesty.”
In a report released Tuesday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented at least 800 cases of human rights abuses—including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture and ill-treatment—against the former army, police, and intelligence forces between August 15, 2021, and June 2023.
Of these, 218 cases involved extrajudicial killings of former security forces and ex-officials, more than 424 cases of arbitrary arrests and detentions, and the remaining were reported as instances of torture, enforced disappearances, and other abuse.
