Sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that Rahm Dil Hanafi, one of Ashraf Ghani's former bodyguards, committed suicide in Kabul on Sunday, December 15, due to the arrest of his wife by the Taliban.
According to sources, Rahm Dil Hanafi was from Panjshir and was previously one of Ahmad Shah Massoud's commandos.
According to informed sources, the Taliban’s intelligence agency was trying to arrest Rahm Dil Hanafi, and when they failed to find him, they took his wife with them. Rahm Dil Hanafi has nine children.
Sources say that Rahmdel Hanafi had gone to Iran after the Taliban took control 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.
Sources said that the fate of Hanafi's wife is still unknown, and it is not clear where she was transferred.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the matter, but the group has so far arbitrarily detained a large number of former Afghan military personnel and officials or their family members.
