Comments of Zabihullah Mujahid regarding the martyrdom of a detainee in Bagram prison

Thousands of our innocent countrymen are languishing all across the country in the prisons of internal and foreign forces under inhumane conditions and are facing torture and abuse, which was also pointed out in a recent report published by the United Nations so now it happens that on Monday, one of our defenseless prisoners’ reached the high status of a martyr in the notorious Bagram prison under extreme torture.

These kinds of incidents have repeatedly taken place in the mentioned prison but then its custodians cite illness as the cause of the martyrdom?! in such a state that the illness was neither reported to the family members nor some aid agency. This event manifests in itself that the prisons under the control of foreigners and those connected to the Kabul administration are all secure from legal action. Serious life threats are faced by detainees here and this heart rendering occurrence is condemned by Islamic Emirate with the harshest of words. We would like to once again show our deepest concern about this matter to the United Nations, Human Rights Watch Organization and other International circles and asks them to pay serious attention to the terrible conditions of the Afghan prisoners and to stop hiding the violators in political curtains. The conditions in the prisons of our country are far worse than that which is sometimes pointed to by in the media and other reports. The beatings, torture and martyrdom of our prisoners cannot lower the moral and weaken the determination of our Muslim nation. Our enemies should realize that this kind and other kinds of incidents will only make us more determined in our struggle and will increase the sense of self-determination, honor and zeal of our nation, God willing.

Zabihullah Mujahid

Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan