Taliban have returned the body of a man from Panjshir province to his family days after detaining him, local sources said.
The man, identified as Shabrez, was from the provincial capital and had been taken into custody by Taliban intelligence four days earlier, the sources said. His body was later handed over to relatives by the forensic department.
According to the sources, Shabrez’s body showed signs of severe torture, including the removal of his left eye. They said he had committed no crime and was targeted solely for being from Panjshir.
It is not the first such case reported in the province. The sources said several other residents have previously died “under torture” in Taliban custody, with their bodies returned to families days later.
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have documented allegations of arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial killings in the province — accusations the Taliban have consistently denied.
Taliban have not commented on Shabrez’s death.
