Sources told Afghanistan International that the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested General Ikramuddin Sari, the former police chief of Takhar, and released him after interrogation.
The authorities of the Islamic Republic have not yet commented on the reason for the arrest of this former military man.
Sari was the former police chief of Takhar province. He went to Iran after the return of the Taliban to power.
A number of former military personnel have gone to Iran and Pakistan fearing reprisal from the Taliban, and some of them have been deported to Afghanistan over the past three years due to lack of legal documents. Some of them, who live in Iran and Pakistan, are worried about being deported to the country.
According to reports, a number of former military personnel have been arrested and killed in some cases by the Taliban after being expelled from Iran.
In a recent interview with Afghanistan International, Sari had confirmed that one of Marshal Dostum's commanders was killed after being expelled from Iran.
He was referring to Ezatullah, the former commander of the Junbish-e-Milli Party of Afghanistan, who was murdered in Sar-e-Pul. Ezatullah had fought against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan for years.
In August this year, Sari told Afghanistan International that when commander Ezatullah was expelled from Iran, he was killed instantly. Sari had said that he had a list of former military personnel who were immediately arrested by the Taliban after being expelled from Iran.
