Over the past less than four months, the Taliban have killed 10 former military personnel in eight provinces of Afghanistan. These individuals were killed in Ghor, Herat, Badakhshan, Khost, Kabul, Baghlan, Kunduz, and Takhar. Findings of this report show that some of these former soldiers had recently returned from Iran, and most of them were targeted by Taliban intelligence. Local sources attribute these killings to the Taliban and emphasize that, in many cases, the group has attributed responsibility for the murders to unidentified armed men.
The findings of this report indicate that these former military personnel were killed by the Taliban from August to November of this year, in the provinces of Ghor, Herat, Badakhshan, Khost, Kabul, Baghlan, Kunduz, and Takhar. According to the report, some of these former soldiers were directly shot, while others were killed after being detained.
Sources and relatives of these former soldiers say that the Taliban killed them, but have shifted responsibility for many of the deaths onto unidentified gunmen. According to these sources, some of the former soldiers had recently returned from Iran and believed in the Taliban’s general amnesty, but the group carried out acts of revenge and killed those former soldiers who had returned to normal life after the Taliban’s takeover.
According to the findings of the report, last week, a former soldier named Wahid was killed on the road near the Shirkhat area of Taloqan city, the capital of Takhar province, and his body was found in the Maal-Bazaar area of Takhar. According to sources, he was a resident of Mandarah village in Chal district and had been married just a month earlier. Local sources consider the Taliban responsible for this former soldier’s killing.
Earlier, local sources had reported that “Kamin Jan,” the bodyguard of Dawood Dawood, former commander of the 303 Pamir Zone in the north, was killed by the Taliban in Takhar province in early November of the current year, in the Cheshmeh-Garmak area of Farkhar district. Local sources had confirmed that this former soldier was killed by Taliban intelligence, and responsibility for the killing was attributed to unidentified armed men.
According to the findings of this report, the Taliban killed a former soldier named Mohsen in Ghor province after detaining him twice on July 26, 2025. According to sources, his family only learned of the incident three days after the killing. Mohsen had been a member of the former National Directorate of Security and had been arrested by Taliban intelligence after the fall of the previous government. In 2024, he was arrested for the second time and was released after serving six months in prison.
Continuing the killings of former soldiers, the Taliban killed “Gol-Walidain” on the Khost–Gardez highway. According to sources, this incident occurred on July 15, 2025, and the Taliban attributed responsibility to unidentified armed men. Sources say he had previously worked as a border police officer under the former government, but after the collapse of the previous state, he worked at a poultry farm for a monthly wage of four thousand Afghanis.
According to the report’s findings, Faiz Mohammad, a former soldier and resident of Shahr-Kohneh in Central Baghlan district of Baghlan province, was killed by the Taliban. Sources confirmed on Friday, September 26, 2025, that Faiz Mohammad had been a Public Order Police officer under the previous government of Afghanistan. According to sources, after the Taliban’s return to power, he had fled to Iran, but was forcibly deported several months ago. After returning, he spent some time in Kabul and then returned to his birthplace; he was ultimately killed at night near his house.
Local sources in Badakhshan province also reported on Monday, September 23, 2025, that a former soldier in Nasi district of this province was killed by the Taliban after being tortured. According to sources, this former soldier was named Abdul Rashid and was a resident of Ghomi-Shakh Dara village of Nasi district. He had previously been an employee of the former National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan and had fled to Iran after the Taliban’s takeover.
Continuing the chain of killings of former soldiers, sources reported on Sunday, September 21, 2025, that Gol-Agha Jalali, a former police officer in Herat, was targeted and killed in the Nowabad area of Herat city. According to local sources, he was killed while performing his duties and had previously lost one of his eyes during his service.
The findings of this report show that Abdul Rahman Emaq, a former commander of the Public Uprising Forces in Aliabad district, was stabbed to death on Friday, September 6, 2025. Sources have attributed responsibility for his killing to the Taliban. According to sources, Abdul Rahman Emaq had fled to Iran after the collapse of the republic and was killed after returning to Afghanistan.
According to the report, sources announced on Monday, September 1, 2025, that the Taliban had killed Walid Naeimi, an officer of the former Special Forces unit. According to sources, this former soldier was from Panjshir province, and his body was found in the Taliban’s forensic department after he had been missing for 15 days.
Meanwhile, findings from a joint investigation by the Hasht-e Subh Daily and several other media outlets show that from 2023 to mid-2025, at least 110 former soldiers have been killed, with only 18 of those cases recorded in the first seven months of this year. This report, compiled over six months, documents dozens of cases of killing and torture of forces who had served alongside American troops in Afghanistan. The report also records details of the deaths of six individuals and the torture of two members of the former special security units who had participated in special operations. These soldiers had received specialized training and had taken part in joint counterterrorism operations with American forces.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) had earlier stated that the Taliban had killed 30 women who were active in military sectors of the former government over the past four years. This front added in a report on Saturday, August 16, 2025, that in the past year alone, the Taliban have assassinated 209 former soldiers. According to the Afghanistan Freedom Front, these individuals were targeted across 30 provinces of the country, and 145 other former soldiers have been arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by gunmen affiliated with the Taliban.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated in a report that over the past three months, it has documented the killing of seven former soldiers in the country. UNAMA said on Sunday, August 10, 2025, that these incidents were recorded from 1 April to 30 June of the current year. According to the mission, during the same period, eight former soldiers were arbitrarily detained, and three others were tortured.
You can read the Persian version of this report here:
قتلهای هدفمند نظامیان پیشین؛ طالبان در کمتر از چهارماه ۱۰ تن را به قتل رساندند
