Taliban fighters shot and killed Ahmad Farid Kohistani, a former police officer who had served at the Fifth Security District in Taloqan under the previous gove
Summary
Taliban fighters shot and killed Ahmad Farid Kohistani, a former police officer who had served at the Fifth Security District in Taloqan under the previous government, in Warsaj district, Takhar province, on September 27, 2026. The killing occurred in front of his mother and wife. No motive was stated and no legal process was reported, making this an apparent extrajudicial execution of a former security force member.
Where
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Placed to district level. Sources name the district; no coordinates have been established, and the exact address is withheld.
Legal classification
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Extrajudicial / summary killing · primary
ICCPR Art. 6; UDHR Art. 3
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
ICCPR Art. 7
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Violation of human dignity
Sources
One report only. Nothing corroborates it yet, which is why this entry is graded single-source rather than confirmed.
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “Taliban fighters shot and killed Ahmad Farid Kohistani, a former police officer who had served at the Fifth Security District in Taloqan under the previous gove”, entry AHRC-2026-0927-TAK-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-09-27. Retrieved 2 October 2026.