Dozens workers of a road construction firm were kidnapped and then beaten by armed men belonging to Alipour in central Maidan Wardak province, a public representative said on Tuesday.
Abdul Ghani Alipour has been accused of spearheading an illegal armed militia. He was detained by security forces last year but released soon by second vice president Sarwar Danish.
Gulalai Akbari, a lawmaker from northeastern Badakhshan province in the Meshrano Jirga, said Badakhshan residents had no discrimination against any ethnic group in Afghanistan and worked in each part of the country.
Without elaborating, she said a number of workers from Badakhshan were arrested and beaten in Behsood district of Maidan Wardak and some of the injured were shifted capital Kabul for treatment.”
She told Pajhwok Afghan News that some families of the victims contacted her and said the workers were arrested and beaten by Alipour’s men.
She urged the government to investigate the issue seriously and warned of an uprising against Alipour in case their demand was not addressed
Kamil Bek Hussaini, another representative from the same province, also confirmed the incident and urged the government to investigate the issue, at the earliest possible.
