MURDERED PROSECUTORS

AFGHAN PROSECUTORS KILLED FOR UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW

SINCE AUGUST 2021, UNDER THE TALIBAN DEFACTO GOVERNMENT

Many more have been severely wounded in attempted assassinations.

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Iqbal Shah

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Wathiq Siddiqi

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Khairudin Mazhari

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Shafiqullah

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Shirzad

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Wahidullah Noori

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Ahmad Yamin Nasiryar

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Hojatullah Mirzaei

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Elhamudin Yamin

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Naqibullah

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Bilal Jan

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Suliman khatgar

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Tamim Hamidi

September 2, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Rohullah

March 23, 2024

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Mohammad Kayan “Naseri”

August 5, 2021

AGO Staff
Jowan, Afghanistan

Ahmad Sha Shangar

August 5, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Nangahar, Afghanistan

Nusratullah

August 8, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Sayed Ahmad Rasooli

Sayed Ahmad Rasooli

August 11, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Farah, Afghanistan

Habib, Son of Sultan

August 15, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Paktia, Afghanistan

Brother of Gholam Farooq “Sayeedi”

August 16, 2021

AGO Prosecutor’s Brother
Kabul, Afghanistan

Mumtaz Sherzai

August 16, 2021

NDS Prosecutor
Khost, Afghanistan

Jan Ahmad

August 20, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Sediqullah Sediqi

August 21, 2021

AGO Executive
Samangan, Afghanistan

Habibullah

August 26, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Abdul Basit

September 11, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kapisa, Afghanistan

Mehrabuddin Osmani

October 6, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Sawabuddin Osmani

October 6, 2021

AGO Prosecutor’s Brother killed with the Prosecutor.
Kabul, Afghanistan

Ajamal

November 2, 2021

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Sebghtullah Kohistani

November 11, 2021

ACJC Executive
Kabul, Afghanistan

Shahsawar

November 11, 2021

Military Prosecutor
Laghman, Afghanistan

Ismail Deldar

February 21, 2022

AGO Prosecutor
Paktia, Afghanistan

Father of Shokofa Zamani

February 21, 2022

AGO Prosecutor’s Father killed in the search for the Prosecutor.
Kabul, Afghanistan

Mohammad Qasim Serat

October 23, 2022

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Abdul Jamil “Ahmadi”

October 23, 2022

AGO Records Manager
Kabul, Afghanistan

Aqa Gul Ahmadi

October 23, 2022

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Asadullah

October 23, 2022

AGO Prosecutor
Kabul, Afghanistan

Picture of Salem Sharifi, murdered Prosecutor in Afghanistan.

Salem Sharifi

October 29, 2022

AGO Prosecutor’s husband killed in the search for the prosecutor
Balkh, Afghanistan

Abdulwahed Sahebzada

October 31, 2022

AGO Prosecutor’s brother killed in the search for the prosecutor
Kunar, Afghanistan

Zarghona Ahmadi

December 2, 2022

AGO Prosecutor killed while working as a police officer.
Kabul, Afghanistan

Amanullah Haqmal

October 23, 2022

AGO Admin Director
Baghland, Afghanistan

Sekandar Mazhari

May 9, 2023

AGO Prosecutor (also a Judge)
Farah, Afghanistan

Bakhtullah

June 1, 2023

AGO Executive
Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sister of Tahera

July 3, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Oruzgan, Afghanistan

Mohammad Nazir Menvi

July 6, 2023

AGO Prosecutor (also a Judge)
Ghor, Afghanistan

Khyber, son of Ghulam Rabbaniakhtullah

July 6, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Parwan, Afghanistan

Einuddein Rahimi

July 6, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Parwan, Afghanistan

Dost Mohammad

July 17, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Mohammad Naghi

November 16, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Musawer

December 17, 2023

AGO Prosecutor
Islamabad, Pakistan

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AGO is an abbreviation for the Afghan Attorney General’s Office
NDS is an abbreviation for the Afghan National Directorate of Security

ACJC is an abbreviation for the Anti-Corruption Justice Center

 All information has been received from Afghan prosecutors and is extremely difficult to verify.  Dates may be transposed from Afghan Solar Hijiri calendar dates inconsistently to European (DD/MM/YEAR) and US (MM/DD/YEAR) formats.