Identities of Five Afghans Found Executed at Iran-Pakistan Border Revealed
Health officials in Balochistan have identified the five individuals whose bodies were recently discovered in the province.
Health officials in Balochistan have identified the five individuals whose bodies were recently discovered in the province.
The victims, all former members of Afghanistan’s security forces, have been named as Rozi Khan, Rahmatullah, Samiullah, Agha Wali, and Sardar Wali. Jaish ul-Adl, a militant Islamist group, had previously confirmed that it had captured these individuals.
The five men were originally from Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province in Afghanistan.
On Saturday, 17 August, Mohammad Jawad, the official in charge at Fahd bin Sultan Hospital, where the bodies were transferred, informed Pakistani media that a group of Afghan nationals from the refugee camp in Chaghi district had identified the bodies. He also stated that the remains have since been moved to Quetta city.
Pakistani police have suggested that these victims might be the same five individuals whose confessions were circulated on social media by Jaish ul-Adl last month. Investigations into the case are ongoing.
In July of this year, Jaish ul-Adl released a video showing five Afghan citizens in their custody, accusing them of involvement in the assassination of one of the group’s leaders.
Now, the official from Fahd bin Sultan Hospital has confirmed the names of the five men that Jaish ul-Adl had claimed to have "captured" in July. At that time, the group accused them of collaborating with the Iranian government.
To date, no group, including Jaish ul-Adl, has claimed responsibility for the killings of these individuals. However, the Islamist group had previously announced that the five men had been sentenced to death for their alleged role in the murder of one of its leaders.
The bullet-riddled bodies of these five Afghans were discovered on Friday in the Chaghi district of Balochistan, Pakistan, near the Iranian border. Pakistani authorities reported that the victims were found hanging from electricity poles, with gunshot wounds to their chests and other parts of their bodies.
