The Taliban’s January order that local leaders assemble kill lists of former Afghan military personnel has reinvigorated a long-standing reprisal campaign.
Journalist and human rights activist Natiq Malikzada has been at the forefront of efforts to document Taliban atrocities in, which he said have historically targeted former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces personnel, and Tajiks from Panjshir, where the Taliban has faced armed opposition from the National Resistance Front. Over the past few months, Malikzada told me he has seen targeted killings and illegal detentions of ANDSF personnel increase.
On Mar. 8, Malikzada said Abdul Khaliq Kochi was among eight the Taliban shot and killed in Mazar-e Sharif. Their bloody bodies were left in the city, loosely covered in blankets. The Taliban claimed all eight were members of the Khawarij Muslim sect, but Kochi was a former ANDSF soldier.Abdul Khaliq Kochi served in the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. He was killed, and his body was displayed publicly on Mar. 8. Courtesy of Natiq Malikzada.
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