Illegal Militias In Kunduz

The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) / For a Handful of Bolani: Kunduz’s New Problem with Illegal Militias: "On 2 September a group of militiamen led by commander Qadirak attacked Loy Kanam, a village mainly inhabited by Pashtuns, some 15 kilometres northeast of Kunduz city, to avenge the death of one of their comrades, Jalil Chunta. Jalil, an Uzbek and cousin of Qadirak who is Aymaq, Sujiani by tribe, had been abducted by unknown persons in Hazrat Sultan, a couple of kilometres from Loy Kanam, the previous afternoon. His dead body was found in Loy Kanam where villagers say they picked it up to keep it safe and called Jalil’s father who lives in nearby Achin. "