Local sources in Takhar province have reported that Taliban forces executed a former member of the Afghan National Army in the Ganj Ali Baik village, located in Taloqan city, the provincial capital.

According to sources, the individual, identified as Hussain Rizwani, was a former commando who had taken up farming after the fall of the previous government.

The sources said Rizwani was killed by Taliban forces on Monday evening, September 4, while they were searching for members of the National Resistance Front (NRF) in the area.

Family members of the former soldier stated that after the Taliban's return to power, he led a peaceful life, working as a farmer in his village and had no affiliations with any anti-Taliban groups.

Currently, Rizwani's body remains in a hospital in Takhar, and the Taliban is yet to return it to his family.

The incident occurred after members of the NRF attacked Taliban intelligence forces near the Gawmali street on the Takhar-Badakhshan highway, resulting in the deaths of two Taliban fighters and several others being wounded. One of those killed was reportedly Qari Jalal Ayubi, according to sources.

Following the attack, the Taliban conducted a search operation to locate the attackers, during which Rizwani was shot dead in Ganj Ali village. The sources insist that the former commando had no involvement in the NRF’s attack.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the incident.