KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Taliban authorities in central Daikundi province have ordered local councils to compile detailed lists of former security and military personnel and submit the information to the group’s intelligence agency, local sources said.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons told KabulNow on Friday that the directive applies across the province. Councils were instructed to prepare records listing the names of former military and security personnel, their fathers’ names, places of residence, current occupations and other identifying details.
According to the sources, the councils must identify all former security and military personnel living in their areas and pass the completed lists to the Taliban intelligence department in the province.
Taliban authorities have not explained why they are seeking the information.
The group has previously issued similar directives in other parts of Afghanistan. About three weeks ago, the group asked mosque imams in eastern Kunar province to compile lists of former military personnel and share them with its intelligence agency.
The move comes as the United Nations and human rights groups continue to document abuses against former government officials and security personnel, including arbitrary detention, torture, ill-treatment and, in some cases, extrajudicial killings, despite the Taliban’s general amnesty announced after returning to power in August 2021.
In its most recent quarterly report, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recorded nine cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, five cases of torture or ill-treatment, and eight killings of former security personnel between April and June 2026.
Human Rights Watch and other organizations say many such incidents, especially in rural areas, go unreported because families fear reprisals.
