KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Local sources have reported the discovery of a young man’s body in Qarabagh district of Ghazni and the killing of another young man in the center of Jawzjan.
According to sources in Ghazni, the body of a young man who was mysteriously killed was found this morning (Saturday, April 11) in the “Mushki” area of Qarabagh district.
Sources say that the identity of the young man is still unknown, and his body has been handed over to a local clinic by residents.
Meanwhile, local sources in Jawzjan report that a young man was killed by “unknown armed individuals” in the center of the province.
According to the sources, the young man was named Ghulam Haidar and was killed on Thursday night (April 9) in his home in the center of Sheberghan city.
So far, the motive behind the killing and the perpetrators remain unknown.
Local Taliban officials in Ghazni and Jawzjan have not yet commented on these killings.
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, numerous cases of mysterious killings have been reported from different provinces across the country.
In most cases, the perpetrators are described as “unknown armed individuals,” and the Taliban rarely report the identification or punishment of those responsible.
Similarly, four days earlier in Kabul, a bank manager named Barkatullah Kohistani had been killed by unknown armed men. He had been working at Afghan United Bank and was attacked early in the morning in the Khairkhana neighborhood while on his way to work.
According to sources, the assailants stabbed him and concealed his body in a nearby room. His father later found the body by tracking his mobile phone. Kohistani had been the only son in his family and the father of two young children, highlighting once again the growing pattern of targeted and mysterious killings in the country.
A report released in March 2026 by the UK-based human rights group Rawadari documented at least 611 cases of targeted, suspicious or extrajudicial killings and injuries across Afghanistan in 2025 — a rise of more than 40% from the previous year. The victims included former government employees, individuals accused of links to opposition groups, protesters, tribal elders and other community figures.
Taliban authorities have repeatedly claimed that they have restored order and enhanced security compared with the period before 2021. However, human rights groups and ordinary Afghans continue to criticize them for failing to protect civilians and for conducting transparent investigations into such crimes.
Furthermore, these incidents reflect an ongoing pattern of insecurity and lack of accountability, raising concerns among residents about personal safety and the continuation of unresolved criminal cases across different regions of Afghanistan.
