Local sources in Kabul report that Taliban fighters have shot and killed a former officer of the Special Police Forces named Ahmad Faheem Haidari in the Qasaba area of the city, right in front of his house. According to sources, Haidari was originally from Nijrab district in Kapisa province and was targeted around 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26. Meanwhile, in Paktia, local sources say that a former army soldier who had been detained by the Taliban about six months ago was killed after being tortured in a private prison. The former soldier, identified as Abdul Zahir, was a
