Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban arrested a former soldier from his house in the Salang district of Parwan province on Thursday.

According to sources, the soldier had been arrested earlier too for four days after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

Family members of the former soldier said that he had served in the Shaheen Army Corps before the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. However, later under the Taliban regime, he assumed occupation as a baker.

The Taliban has not yet commented on the arrest of this former soldier.

According to reports, contrary to the claim of "general amnesty", the Taliban have resorted to arbitrary arrests, torture, and execution of former soldiers.

In some cases, arresting and torturing civilians by the Taliban on charges of cooperation with the National Resistance Front (NRF) have also been reported.

Many former soldiers of Afghanistan have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries due to fear of retaliation by the Taliban.

Currently, it is estimated that 78,000 of such personnel remain in Afghanistan.