By: Esmat Altaf
Translated by: Mohammad Rezaie
In continuation of targeted killing in areas where Hazaras live, two suspicious murders occurred on 19 November in Daikondi. Dawood Wahdat, former police officer of the republic government and Musaddeq Ghaffari, a student, were the two victims. Wahdat was killed in front of his house in Nili city the center of Daikondi and Musaddeq was killed on Nili-Pato road. Only two weeks ago, Jan Mohammad the resident of Pato district was shot killed in Chalbak passage. Several other people have already been killed in Pato district.
In this report, we have provided details of the murders citing the local sources and relatives of the victims. However, these events happen silently and are forgotten very soon.
On Sunday evening – 19 November,2023 – unknown people killed Dawood Wahdat at the gate of his house in the city of Nili, the center of Daikundi, in front of his wife and young child. According to Wahdat’s relatives, unknown people first called him and told Wahdat he said had to come out from his home for something; When Wahdat opens the gate, they shoot him in the head and they get on a motorcycle and they escape the scene. Dawood Wahdat son of Allahdad was born in 1987 in Iran. He studied until grade 8 in Iran.
After he returned to Afghanistan, he continued the school Sangtakht district. Then he joined Police Academy and completed a short time education course and was graduated as a sergeant. Then he continued his education at Naser Khosrow Institute of Higher Education and received his bachelor’s degree in law.
He married two times; his first marriage was not successful and he divorced his wife. He married again in 2010 and had three children, two daughters and one son, from his second wife.
After returning from Iran, Wahdat taught at Sangtakht wa bandar and then Barghass high schools. After he was graduated from Police Academy in Kabul, he started his new job as a police officer. He served for awhile as the head of building and construction of Daikondi Police Department and then served as the head of internal security of Miramor district. After the Taliban take over and general amnesty announcement by Taliban, Wahdat resumed his job in the Police Department of Daikondi as a security officer.
1: On 14 October 2023, Wahdat posted his photo taken in Charchina district of Urozgan and had also posted a poem which had said he had copied it. And in this photo, he is wearing a black pakol hat and his thick black beard has grown up; Almost a must. He has a long nose and almond eyes; His thick and narrow black eyebrows resemble the tail of a snake; His gaze is tilted to the right, as if he is staring at something in the distance. The sky behind him is dusty and gray and the ground behind him is barren and desert, without any plants or trees. He is wearing a cement-colored white salwar kameez, his scarf is also made of the same fabric, and his waistcoat is the same color as his white salwar kameez, with white stripes. The poem he published begins as follows: “If we are summarized from head to toe, we will be a handful of dirt/ which could be a brick in the wall of a house/ or a stone on the side of a mountain/ or a bit of sand at the end of a sea/ maybe soil from a pot/ or even dust on a window/ But they chose us from among these/ for the end/ for honor/ for humanity…”
Now after three months Wahdat is a handful of dirt and it is not clear on the side of which mountain he is buried. He thought he was chosen ” for the end/ for honor/ for humanity… .” But in the system, he served, none of these existed. The only thing which is valuable to those involved in this structure is ethnic and racial nervousness, hatred and meanness, and dogmatism and selfishness.
2: Musaddeq Ghaffari, 25, was the resident of Daikondi. He was shot killed on 19 November in Daikondi. He was born in 1998 in Qakhor village of Pato district, Daikondi. He was graduated from a high school in Qakhor and studied engineering at Kapisa university. He was graduated in 2023. On Sunday, 19th of Nov 2023, around six o’clock in the evening, when he was on his way home, Qakhor village of Pato district, Nili city, he was shot by unknown people at Temzan passage. This incident happened near the Taliban checkpoint. Authorities of Taliban police has taken no action to arrets the perpetrators yet.
According to Musadeq Ghaffari’s relatives and relatives, he had no personal or family enmity with anyone. He had not even worked in the government and military institutions, to be the source of his enmity. He had just finished his studies at the university and had dreams for him; Dreams that remained unfulfilled forever. One of Ghafari’s relatives says that they do not suspect anyone for his murder. Because Ghaffari was not a quarrelsome or troublesome person. “Neither we nor Mossadegh have any conflict or enmity with anyone.” According to Ghafari’s relatives, the Taliban administration in Pato district, while this incident happened within a few steps of the district’s security command, did not take any action to identify and arrest the perpetrators.
Mohammad Zaman – fake name- one of Ghafari’s friends, told the Silk Road weekly: “I have known him for 20 years. He was an educated and moral young man. I did not see his inappropriate behavior with anyone. He was not in contact with military personnel and political groups, to be an excuse for his murder. He was killed innocently.” When I ask him about the motive and impact of such crimes and murders, he sighs and says: “When someone like Mussadeq, without any crime or bad background, is shot on the road, that too within a few steps of the Taliban military base, it is obvious who is the killer and what is his motive? He had no other sins, except for being a member pf Hazara ethnic group.” According to Mohammad Zaman, the Taliban will pursue these crimes if they are not complicit with the killer, or if they themselves are not involved in these murders. “Not only the Mussadeq case, but also in fact that no murder cases are being pursued in Daikondi and there is no sympathy for their families, everything will become clear.” Mohammad Zaman adds; With the strictness of the Taliban, no one can dare to put a gun on his shoulder and follow the path of others, or go to his house and shoot him, then hang his gun around his neck and go to his house. “This is not possible at all. Apart from the Taliban, no one has the courage to shoulder a gun today.” About the impacts of such incidents on the people, “the people, especially the residents of Qakhor district, are very disappointed; nobody can travel from this route individually. They are frightened of the targeted killing incidents under the Taliban. He said. “People ask who will be the next person?” and there is authority Hazaras go to and share their concerns with. Today, Hazaras are such easily killed as someone kills a chicken.” Zaman said.
The case of Musaddeq too has not been pursued by the Taliban authorities as many other cases of the targeted killings in Daikondi and other provinces of Afghanistan which Hazaras are killed in the same way. As the people have access to no legal institution, their voices will not be heard too. They are sad and disappointed and even do not share their sorrows with the media outlets.
Safar Mohammad, fake name, is the resident of Pato district, he shared some other murder cases with us as the following:
3: Jan Mohammad son of Sultan, the resident of Wars district, Daikondi, was killed on October 27, 2023, in Chablak passage, Shahristan district, by unknown men.
Alidad, fake name, a resident of Pato district, told the Silk Way Weekly, “Jan Mohammad was innocent and worked in Shahristan district. He was killed on his way to work when was killed by unknown armed men in the day. He was 35.” According to Alidad he had enmity with no one. He was not the member of no political party and group. His fault was he was a member of Hazara ethnic group. While sadness and dissatisfaction is seen on his face, he adds, “during this one year, about 7 to 8 people have been killed in Pato district in the same.
4: Abdul Latif son of Akhtar Mohammad, was born in 1995, and was a resident of Pato district. He was killed on 27 Novemebr, 2023, in Katdir Lureshew villag, Pato. He was an ordinary person and had no relations with the political parties or armed groups.
5: Neda Mohammad son of Din Mohammad, born in 1995, was the resident of Pato district and was killed by unknow armed men on 26 June 2023, in Pir Anjir Lureshew village, Pato district.
6: Masuma daughter of Sayyed Reza resident of Tagawdar village, Pato district, was killed on March 3,2023. She killed herself because a Taliban commander wanted to marry her by force. Alidad said, “Masuma killed herself as Shirin Hazara did. But she did not marry with a Taliban commander. Shahabuddin son of Haji Shadi wanted to marry her by force. But she refused it.” According to Alidad, the villagers tried to make Shahabuddin to change his mind but he insisted on marrying her, and finally Masuma killed herself.
7: Local sources told the Silk Way Weekly that on December 19,2023, Mohammad Ishaq Alizada was shot killed by unknown men in Surma village, Nowor district, Ghazni.
Alizada was a farm and livestock and was appointed as the representative of Surma village at the local office of Taliban in Nawor district. He had four children.
Although, Taliban have detained two people in relation to this incident, but the local sources told media that Alizada has been killed by Taliban.
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