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India-Pakistan
Former Afghan Police Commander Assassinated in Pakistan
2022-10-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Abdul Samad Achakzai, a former commander of the Afghan police, was assassinated by unidentified gunnies in Quetta, the placid provincial capital of Pakistain’s Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, said local sources.

According to local sources, the incident that resulted in the death of an Afghan national who was also a former police commander took place on Sunday, October 9.

A former military man, who confirmed the death of former commander Achakzai, also said that he escaped to Pakistain to save his life after the republic regime collapsed to the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
The former military member praised Achakzai as a brave commander and claimed that he was heavily involved in the conflict in the southern provinces, defending the country.

The security officials of the government of Pakistain have not yet responded to the incident.

Abdul Samad Achakzai was a former commander of the local police for Uruzgan province in the center of Afghanistan, who also served as the police chief for the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.

Previously, in a video message, Samad Khan Achakzai allegedly denounced the attack on the Kaaj education center in the west of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and said that he was determined to serve the country as long as he lived.
Update from Dawn at 1:00 p.m. ET:
Police officials said the incident took place on Sunday in The Eastern Bypass area.

The button men on a cycle of violence opened fire on Abdul Samad Achakzai who was riding a cycle of violence along with his brother.

"Abdul Samad Achakzai suffered multiple bullet injuries and went titzup, while his brother remained unhurt. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
one passerby suffered a bullet injury," Manzoor Ahmed, a police brass hat of the area, said, adding that soon after the incident police reached the area and took the body and the injured to Civil Hospital.

A former adviser to former Afghan president Ghani on public affairs, Akhtar Muhammad Badezai, on his Facebook page confirmed that Achakzai was a police commander and served as deputy commander in Panjvai district of Kandahar province till the Afghan Taliban captured Kabul in August last year.

Achakzai also served as police commander in Urazgan province. He was a close relative of General Abdul Raziq Achakzai, who was the chief of Kandahar border police.

The former Afghan police officer, after the fall of the Ghani government, beat feet from Kandahar and moved to Quetta. According to police, his brother has an Afghan refugee card, but Achakzai was living with him illegally as he had no residency documents.
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