Sources say that Sheikh Abdul Bari, head of the office of the Taliban’s Minister of Economy, was summoned by Abdul Hakim Sharaei, the Taliban’s Minister of Justice, this morning and has since disappeared.
Sources told Hasht-e Subh Daily on Monday, September 7, that Abdul Bari disappeared from the Taliban Justice Minister’s office at around 11 a.m. and is believed to be held in the minister’s private prison.
According to the sources, Abdul Bari is an Uzbek-Tajik Taliban commander and a close associate of Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs.
Sources say he is originally from Qush Tepa district in Jawzjan province.
