Following the arrest of three individuals, including a former intelligence officer in Kabul suspected of ties with Afghanistan's Green Trend (AGT), the organisation has categorically denied any association with the detainees.
AGT emphasised that the arrests were motivated by their origins from Panjshir and the group's recent disclosures about the Taliban's governmental institutions.
Sources informed Afghanistan International on Sunday that the Taliban had detained Mir Khawaja Mujahid, the head of Afghanistan's powerlifting federation; General Isa, a former official in the previous Afghan government's intelligence and interior ministries; and his son, accusing them of affiliating with AGT in Kabul.
Previously, AGT had released documents identifying 58 senior Taliban intelligence members and approximately six thousand department personnel, all reportedly trained in Pakistan.
Moreover, AGT disclosed a list of 189 senior Taliban officials, alleging the establishment of "a network of individuals from the same clan, tribe, and madrasa" within the Ministry of Defence. It noted that only one official is non-Taliban, and all had received education in Pakistani religious schools.
AGT also reported that General Isa hails from a village in Panjshir, the birthplace of Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice-President of Afghanistan. Contrarily, a source claimed that General Isa is a relative of Saleh and previously collaborated with him as an advisor in the Ministry of Interior.
AGT remarked that the Taliban perceive "the backbone of Afghanistan's Green Trend and its members as the people of Panjshir”.
Following the arrests of General Isa and his son, Hamid Khorasani, a Taliban member, circulated a statement in the media alleging that Isa is related to Saleh and engaged in "propaganda" and "destructive activities" against the Taliban.
AGT has dismissed these claims by Taliban sources, affirming that General Isa and his son were targeted solely for their Panjshir origins.
