The Arrest and Torture of Journalists and Officials in Ghor (2022)

Document
Date
۱۷ فروردین ۱۴۰۱
Year of Incident
2022
Province of incident
Ghor: Chaghcharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chaghcharan
Town Village
Firozkoh
Types of Incident
  • Arrest
  • Torture
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
Perpetrators
  • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
Summary

On April 6, 2022, militants affiliated with the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) arrested three individuals named: Gholam Rabbani, the head of the Journalists’ Immunity Committee in Ghor; Gul Ahmad Khosro, a reporter for Firoz Koh Radio; and an employee of the Literacy Directorate in Firoz Koh, the capital of Ghor province. They were arrested by the Taliban during a meeting and were reportedly tortured during their detention.

Sources

AHRDO Database

8AM Daily

No of victims involved
3