The leader of the Afghanistan Freedom Front has said the killings of former Afghan military personnel will be pursued at multiple levels and that accountability will be sought for every victim.
General Yasin Zia said those responsible would one day be brought before courts by popular forces and punished for their actions.
Speaking at a memorial service for Ikramuddin Sari, Zia said accountability would be demanded for the blood of every person killed during what he described as the Taliban’s “period of occupation.”
The Afghanistan Freedom Front commander urged continued resistance to Afghanistan’s current situation, saying the assassinations have only increased the responsibility of anti-Taliban forces. He added that such killings strengthen the resolve of opposition groups and give them greater motivation to push for change.
General Ikramuddin Sari, a former Afghan police commander, and Mohammad Amin Almas, a former army commander, were assassinated on Wednesday evening in Tehran’s Vali Asr area. Less than four months earlier, a military commander close to Ismail Khan, identified as Marouf Ghulami, was also assassinated in Mashhad.
During an online memorial service on Sunday, Taliban opponents accused the group of planning the killings. The Taliban has not responded to the allegations.
Iranian police have said the incidents are under investigation, but no findings from the probes into any of the killings have been made public.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Massoud, the leader of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front, called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to seriously investigate the assassinations of former Afghan military personnel in Tehran. Massoud compared the killing of General Sari to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya and said Iran must “cut off the hands of terrorists” operating inside the country.
