SAA event in Balochistan, Quetta area, Pakistan on Mon 10th October 2022

An ‘anti-Afghan Taliban’ former Police officer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on October 10, reports Dawn. The assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Abdul Samad Achakzai who was riding a motorbike along with his brother. “Abdul Samad Achakzai suffered multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot, while his brother remained unhurt. However, one passer-by suffered a bullet injury,” Manzoor Ahmed, a senior Police officer of the area said. Samad Achakzai was a Police commander in the previous Ashraf Ghani Government in Kabul. 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 2021. 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. After the fall of the Ghani Government, Achakzai escaped from Kandahar and moved to Quetta.