Arrest, Torture and Extortion of Shaukat Ali, Ghazni (2022)

Incident
Dates of incident
Mar 20, 2022 ~ Apr 20, 2022
Year of incident
2022
Province of incident
Ghazni: Jaghuri
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.410303469151

Longitude: 67.4975265361925

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jaghuri
Town/Village
Almaytū, Jaghuri
Types of incident
  • Arrest
  • Detention
  • Extrad-Judicial Acts
  • Torture
Conflict parties
  • Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militant
  • Taliban Security (Police) Command
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Cruel treatment
  • Other Crimes : Extortion
  • Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Starvation
  • Other Crimes : Torture
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
  • Other Crimes : Wilfully causing great suffering
Regime in place
  • Second Taliban Regime of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In Hamal of the Afghanistan Solar year (March-April 2022), Shaukat Ali, a former soldier of the Afghan security and defense forces during the Republic, was arrested by Maulvi Moaz, the Taliban security commander in Jaghouri district, Ghazni province. Shaukat Ali, a resident of Almaytu village, was detained for three days and nights, during which he was tortured. He was eventually released in exchange for 350,000 Pakistani rupees.

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AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
1