KABUL - Afghan Intelligence Agency NDS claimed to be behind assassinations and Killings in capital Kabul by Hasib Quwai Markaz, a man who has been on the wanted list of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
In a social media video posted on Monday claims that the country’s intelligence apparatus – the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – is involved in targeted killings in Kabul and that he was asked by the agency to kill six influential figures, TOLO News reported.
In the video, he names a number of NDS officials who, he alleges, asked him to kill Gul Haidar, a former mujahideen leader, and Wakil Ahmad Moutawakel, the former Taliban regime’s foreign minister, among others.
“They handed to me a list of six people, including commander Gul Haidar Khan, Abdul Hamid Khurasani and Mr. Mawlawi Moutawakel, for me to kill them, and they would reward me with Afs2.5 million ($32,000),” Hasib said.
The NDS has not commented on this claim, but the Ministry of Interior rejected the allegations as baseless.
“He (Hasib Quwai Markaz) is accused of murder, theft and extortion. The new Panjshir police chief has been directed to arrest him as soon as possible,” the Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said.
Some lawyers said the matter should be investigated.