Taliban Officials Tortured My Teenage Son in Custody, Alleges Former Afghan Police Chief

Ramazan Zirak, the former police chief of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province, has informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban officials have once again detained his 15-year-old son.

Zirak revealed that his son had been arrested last week and had been "severely tortured" while in Taliban custody.

In an interview with Afghanistan International's Pashto service, Zirak stated that his younger son, Abdul Aziz, had been imprisoned multiple times previously, but was released through the intervention of local tribal elders.

The former police chief claims that the Taliban officials are pressuring his son to hand over weapons and a vehicle allegedly belonging to him.

Zirak emphasised that he does not possess any weapons and was forced to flee the country following the Taliban's return to power.

Having fought against the Taliban during the previous government, Zirak asserted that the group's claims of a general amnesty are false and that its members are disregarding this declaration.

The Taliban officials have not yet responded to Zirak's allegations.