Sources familiar with the matter say Abdul Bari, an Uzbek commander and a close figure to Abdul Salam Hanafi, disappeared after being summoned to the Taliban administration’s Ministry of Justice in Kabul, and no official information has yet been published about his whereabouts or condition.<\/p>\n
According to these sources, Abdul Bari was summoned to the ministry on Monday morning, September 16, on the orders of Abdul Hakim Sharai, the Taliban-appointed acting minister of justice, and disappeared from his office around 11 a.m. The sources added that he may be held in a “private prison” attributed to the acting minister of justice, but this claim has not been independently verified.<\/p>\n
Abdul Hakim Sharai and other Taliban officials have so far not reacted to the summons and disappearance of this official affiliated with them. The continuing silence of Taliban officials has heightened concerns about unofficial detentions and extrajudicial conduct.<\/p>\n
Based on available information, Abdul Bari is from Qush Tepa district in Jowzjan province and is known within the Taliban administration as a figure close to Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy prime minister for administrative affairs.<\/p>\n
The incident is being reported while, in recent weeks, reports have also emerged of summonses and controversial actions by the Taliban administration’s acting minister of justice, including the arrest of the managing director of Tamadon TV after the channel’s broadcasts were suspended, as well as the summons and arrest of a number of Shiite elders and figures in Kabul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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