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Credibility Assessment
Article cites unnamed local sources with details including victim name (Zahiruddin), perpetrator (Amrullah), and affiliations (Imaduddin Karimi under Maulvi Najib). However, sources are anonymous without explanation, with no right of reply from accused parties or independent corroboration.
Local sources in Ragh district of Badakhshan province state that a resident of this district was killed by Taliban members. The sources confirmed to 8 Subh newspaper on Friday, 30 Aqrab, that the previous night, Zahiruddin, a resident of Abjam village, was killed by an individual named Amrullah, who is one of the armed men of Imaduddin Karimi. Imaduddin Karimi is a local Taliban commander affiliated with Maulvi Najib, the Taliban commander in Laghman province.
According to the local sources, miners endure significant hardships when they reach the gold vein in the area known as Rag Gold. The Taliban seize such mines by force from individuals and carry out the extraction themselves. The sources state that those with power force the miners to pay tribute and take a share from them.
Local residents have called on the local Taliban authorities to address this case and emphasized that the perpetrators of this killing are known. At the same time, many citizens across the country have expressed strong concern over the Taliban's gold extraction activities. They say this group has looted the country's wealth and caused harmful consequences for the environment.
