Former Prosecutor Murdered By Unknown Individuals in Nangarhar
The family of Naqi Mohammad Taqi, one of the prosecutors of the previous government, said that he has been killed along with his sister, by unknown individuals.
Gul Wais Taqi, his son, who fled to Iran after the Taliban’s takeover of power, confirmed the incident.
He told Afghanistan International that his "father was invited to Jalalabad by influential individuals on November 16 under the pretext of a party”. He added that the bodies of his father and aunt were discovered in a house in the Behsud district of Nangarhar after five days.
A source in Kabul told Afghanistan International that the prosecutor's body was buried in District 9 of Kabul, on Tuesday.
So far, the Taliban have not commented about the incident.
Naqi Mohammad Taqi, was the former prosecutor of the crime department in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) of the previous government.
Jamshid Rasouli, the former spokesperson for the AGO, posted on X social media platform that Taqi and his sister were killed on the Kabul-Jalalabad route.
He added that Taqi had lost one of his sons, who was a lawyer, in a "terrorist" attack in Maidan Wardak province.
