Arrest and Torture of Juma Khan and Yousefi, Ghazni (2022)

Incident
Dates of incident
Jan 1, 2022 ~ Aug 31, 2024
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
Jaghuri District
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
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Other Crimes : Extortion
  • Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Taking hostages
  • 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 January 2022, Juma Khan, a resident of Siah Buta village, and Yousefi, a resident of Sarqul village in Jaghouri district, Ghazni province, were arrested by Mullah Pirouz, the former Taliban security chief of Jaghouri district. Their alleged crime was association with Mohammad Isa Peyman, a former officer of the Afghanistan security forces during the Republic. The arrests took place at Sangamashe Bazar and from their shop. Both men were subjected to severe torture for 12 hours before being released.

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AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
2