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Our colleague and acting head of @AfghanistanIHRC office, Abdul Samad Amiri, was kidnapped by Taliban on his way Kabul to Ghor in Jalreez area of Maidan Wardak province. We received the extremely shocking news this morning that he was shot last night.
Our colleagues organized for Mr Amiri’s body to be carried to Kabul and are now with the family. The commission is in mourning and we are all extremely shocked. We are investigating the details and @AfghanistanIHRC will soon release a statement.
We learned about the tragedy earlier today but kept asking our media colleagues for patience as the family was not informed, including a family member who lives abroad. I am traveling and am shaken by pain and grief as we collectively process this horrible news.
I knew him clossely as a friend and as a colleague for the last six years. It is extremely shocking to hear his death. I can't imagine what his family is going through right now, especially his little brother.
Was he on an official trip? Why was he not provided safer transportation means? This happens while thieves and thugs get to travel on Gov helicopters everyday...
Sorry to hear about Abdul Samad Amiri's tragic death, Shaharzad. I wish Afghanistan and the rest of our region see peace and prosperity soon, inshaAllah.
my condolences
So very sorry to read this.
Abdul Samad Amiri, acting Head of Afghan Human Rights, was kidnapped by Taliban on his way Kabul to Ghor in Jalreez area. Later, he was shot dead.
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