GHOR, AFGHANISTAN. (THECOUNT) — Human Rights Commissioner Abdul Samad Amiri of Ghor province was kidnapped, shot and beheaded in Afghanistan by the Taliban on Thursday.
His body was discovered dumped on a highway Thursday.
The Khaama Press reported, via Religion of Peace:
The Taliban militants have beheaded the acting chief of the regional human rights commission of Ghor province of Afghanistan.
The local officials confirmed that the Taliban militants beheaded Abdul Samad Amiri, the acting chief of the regional human rights commission of Ghor province earlier today.
Deputy provincial governor of Ghor Habibullah Radmanish confirmed that the dead body of Mr. Amiri was discovered along the Kabul-Ghor highway on Thursday morning.
Radmanish further added that the Taliban militants had abducted Mr. Amiri from Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province three days earlier, reports GatewayPundit.
Meanwhile, officials in Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan have said that Mr. Amiri was not decapitated but the militants shot him to death after abducting him.
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Geo quick facts: Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in Hazarajat region in central Afghanistan, towards the north-west. The province contains ten districts, encompassing hundreds of villages, and approximately 657,200 settled people – Wikipedia.
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