Hamid Saifi, a commander of the National Resistance Front (NRF), said that the situation in Bagram prison is worrisome, and that the Taliban is "mentally and physically torturing" members of this front.
He called on the United Nations to send a delegation to the Bagram prison to address the issue and prevent the "oppression of the Taliban”.
Hamid Saifi was a former commander of the Afghan army. After the collapse of the government and the Taliban's takeover, he joined the National Resistance Front (NRF) and continued the armed struggle against the Taliban.
In a note on social media platform X on Friday, the military commander wrote, "The prisoners of the Resistance Front in (Bagram prison) are practically deprived of all basic facilities, including medicine, in this cold weather."
After regaining control, the Taliban closed the Bagram prison. Hundreds of Taliban members, ISIS members, and drug traffickers were imprisoned at Bagram. According to reports, the Taliban has reactivated the prison.
Recently, sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban has transferred dozens of prisoners accused of cooperating with the National Resistance Front from Pul-e-Charkhi prison and some northern provinces to Bagram prison in northern Kabul.
Hamid Saifi said that the Taliban "deliberately keeps members of the Resistance Front in rooms shared with ISIS prisoners, contrary to all moral standards".
With this action, he said, that the Taliban "deliberately paved the way for ISIS propaganda to recruit prisoners of the National Resistance Front," stressing that this has led to a physical confrontation between the prisoners.
The commander of the NRF has said that he does not expect the Taliban to change the situation of prisoners.
Taliban officials have not officially commented on the resumption of Bagram prison and the torture of members of the National Resistance Front.
