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Additional information
Date of birth:
1922
Village/Town of birth:
Unknown
Province of birth:
Maidan Wardak: Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Sadat
Education:
Unknown
Date of the main incident:
1992
Place of the main incident:
Kabul city
Related incident:
Incident description
Many Mujaheddin factions waged a civil war throughout Afghanistan in the 1990s, killing thousands of people, including women and children. Some were forced to flee their homes and subjected to various forms of violence like rape, extortion, abuse, harassment, abduction, and arbitrary detention. During the height of the civil conflict in 1992, Sayed Shah Ibrahim, then 70-years-old, was kidnapped and vanished from sight. Former Maidan Province resident Sayed Shah Ibrahim was a native of Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud and had never engaged in politics or militias. His family was never able to locate his grave or find his remains.
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Alleged type of harm
Alleged type of crimes
Province:
Kabul: Kabul
Latitude:
34.5168788437339
Longitude:
69.1499999975304
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
The Well of Death
Narrator: Pari Gul
Victim: Sayed Shah Ibrahim
Date of the incident: 1992
Location of the incident: Kabul City
War is the most egotistical and brutal manifestation of humankind. It does not produce anything except horror and destruction. It does not distinguish between old or young, men, women, or children. The lashes of war hurt everyone’s body. At the same time, not everyone suffers equally from war. Some suffer more, some less. But it is those who did not actively partake in the creation of war that usually bear the brunt of all the suffering. It is them who are victimized by a fate designed by others.
The story of Sayed Ibrahim Shah’s murder uncovers one such catastrophic consequences of war. He was an ordinary citizen with no links to the world of politics. His only crime was that he lived in Dasht-e- Barchi, a neighborhood of Kabul that had become synonymous with suffering. Here, everyday there was a strong likelihood that a rocket or stray bullet would kill someone. It seemed that the lives of its population were not regarded as worthy of living. It appears that those who unleashed the violence were doing it for the pleasure of seeing the people of Dasht-e-Barchi suffer. Sayed Ibrahim Shah had no other place to live; Dasht-e-Barchi was his only and final refuge.
Living in an environment of constant terror, Sayed Ibrahim Shah was well aware that he had a responsibility to protect his family. Therefore, he sent them far away to Behsud district while he and one of his sons remained to look after his home and belongings. It was the last time his family members would ever see him.
One day, he was walking the streets when he was apprehended by his own countrymen and taken to the Company area of Kabul. First, his family did not know about his whereabouts. Later, they found out that the he had been arrested by a local commander, detaining him in his own private jail. Sayed Ibrahim Shah’s family paid several bribes to secure his release but all they received in return was a turban, a hat, a toothbrush, and toothpaste.
There are different stories about how he was killed. According to one of them, the militias threw him down a well, which is where local residents later found him.
Pari Gul is one of his family members. She tells the story of Sayed Ibrahim Shah as follows:
The Story of Pari Gul
Sayed Ibrahim Shah was both my uncle and father in-law. He was killed during the civil war in Kabul, during which he and my husband remained in the city while the rest of the family was sent to Behsud. One day, he had just left his home when one of the warring factions arrested him and took him to Company area, where he was locked up in a private jail. He was detained together with his friend and spent three months there. He was then murdered and buried. We never saw his dead body.
In fact, we only came to know about his murder after we received his turban, hat, and toothbrush. The man who brought his possessions told us how the militias had tortured him. With his feet in chains, he supplied water to the militia base every day. Eventually, his dead body was found in a well. Later on, the people from the area took him out of the well and gave him a proper burial. All that is left from him is his turban, hat, and toothbrush. I now want to show these objects to other people so they understand that the militias killed a 70-year-old man!
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
Many Mujaheddin factions waged a civil war throughout Afghanistan in the 1990s, killing thousands of people, including women and children. Some were forced to flee their homes and subjected to various forms of violence like rape, extortion, abuse, harassment, abduction, and arbitrary detention. During the height of the civil conflict in 1992, Sayed Shah Ibrahim, then 70-years-old, was kidnapped and vanished from sight. Former Maidan Province resident Sayed Shah Ibrahim was a native of Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud and had never engaged in politics or militias. His family was never able to locate his grave or find his remains.
The Well of Death
Narrator: Pari Gul
Victim: Sayed Shah Ibrahim
Date of the incident: 1992
Location of the incident: Kabul City
War is the most egotistical and brutal manifestation of humankind. It does not produce anything except horror and destruction. It does not distinguish between old or young, men, women, or children. The lashes of war hurt everyone’s body. At the same time, not everyone suffers equally from war. Some suffer more, some less. But it is those who did not actively partake in the creation of war that usually bear the brunt of all the suffering. It is them who are victimized by a fate designed by others.
The story of Sayed Ibrahim Shah’s murder uncovers one such catastrophic consequences of war. He was an ordinary citizen with no links to the world of politics. His only crime was that he lived in Dasht-e- Barchi, a neighborhood of Kabul that had become synonymous with suffering. Here, everyday there was a strong likelihood that a rocket or stray bullet would kill someone. It seemed that the lives of its population were not regarded as worthy of living. It appears that those who unleashed the violence were doing it for the pleasure of seeing the people of Dasht-e-Barchi suffer. Sayed Ibrahim Shah had no other place to live; Dasht-e-Barchi was his only and final refuge.
Living in an environment of constant terror, Sayed Ibrahim Shah was well aware that he had a responsibility to protect his family. Therefore, he sent them far away to Behsud district while he and one of his sons remained to look after his home and belongings. It was the last time his family members would ever see him.
One day, he was walking the streets when he was apprehended by his own countrymen and taken to the Company area of Kabul. First, his family did not know about his whereabouts. Later, they found out that the he had been arrested by a local commander, detaining him in his own private jail. Sayed Ibrahim Shah’s family paid several bribes to secure his release but all they received in return was a turban, a hat, a toothbrush, and toothpaste.
There are different stories about how he was killed. According to one of them, the militias threw him down a well, which is where local residents later found him.
Pari Gul is one of his family members. She tells the story of Sayed Ibrahim Shah as follows:
The Story of Pari Gul
Sayed Ibrahim Shah was both my uncle and father in-law. He was killed during the civil war in Kabul, during which he and my husband remained in the city while the rest of the family was sent to Behsud. One day, he had just left his home when one of the warring factions arrested him and took him to Company area, where he was locked up in a private jail. He was detained together with his friend and spent three months there. He was then murdered and buried. We never saw his dead body.
In fact, we only came to know about his murder after we received his turban, hat, and toothbrush. The man who brought his possessions told us how the militias had tortured him. With his feet in chains, he supplied water to the militia base every day. Eventually, his dead body was found in a well. Later on, the people from the area took him out of the well and gave him a proper burial. All that is left from him is his turban, hat, and toothbrush. I now want to show these objects to other people so they understand that the militias killed a 70-year-old man!
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