Five Days After Ashraf Ghani's Former Bodyguard Commits Suicide, Taliban Releases His Wife

Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban released Rahmdel Hanafi, one of Ashraf Ghani's former bodyguards’ wife from prison five days after he committed suicide.

Rahmdel Hanafi committed suicide in Kabul on Sunday, December 15, due to the arrest of his wife by the Taliban.

Earlier, sources told Afghanistan International that Rahmdel Hanafi has 10 children, and after the Taliban took away his wife, he approached the group's institutions but did not receive a response. He committed suicide in Kabul after unsuccessful attempts to find his wife.

Sources said that Rahmdel Hanafi committed suicide three days after his wife was arrested by the Taliban. According to Taliban sources, his wife was released from a prison in Kabul on Thursday, December 19.

Rahmdel Hanafi had migrated to Iran after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, but had returned to Afghanistan with the guarantee of Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban's minister of commerce, and Qudratullah Amini, the former governor of Panjshir.

The Taliban has not yet commented on the incident, but the group has arbitrarily detained a number of former Afghan military personnel and officials and their family members in the past.