Abdul Raziq Achakzai

Abdul Raziq Achakzai (1979-18. října 2018) was an Afghan National Police chief during the Afghanistan War. He was killed by a Taliban gunman in Kandahar in 2018.

Biography

Abdul Raziq Achakzai was born in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan in 1979 to a family of Pashtuns, and he left the country after the Taliban took over, return after the United States ousted them from power. Raziq became a police chief, but the illiterate and polygamous Raziq committed extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and torture in Kandahar. Dne 18. října 2018 byl zabit, když střelec začal střílet na bezpečnostní úředníky, když odcházeli ze schůzky v Kandaháru.