RASC News Agency: In the grim aftermath of a leaked list revealing the identities of Afghanistani nationals who collaborated with British forces, another tragedy has unfolded. According to Adnan Malik, a legal representative for a former member of Afghanistan’s elite special forces, the Taliban has executed the soldier’s brother his name having appeared on the compromised list circulated within the British Ministry of Defence. The former Afghanistani soldier, who was resettled in the United Kingdom under the British government’s relocation program for local allies, now lives in safety. However, his family members remain in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and are exposed to the gravest of dangers. On Friday, July 18, his brother was reportedly gunned down by Taliban fighters in what his lawyer strongly suspects is a targeted retaliation linked directly to the data breach.
“The Taliban discovered that this individual was the brother of a former Triple Unit commando, and they executed him,” Malik told the Sunday Times. “This is not a coincidence it is a consequence.” His warning is a chilling reminder of the catastrophic real-world impact of bureaucratic negligence and intelligence mismanagement. The so-called “Triple Units” were elite Afghanistani commando forces trained, armed, and commanded by British military advisors. These units fought bravely and with distinction on the frontlines against the Taliban insurgency for years. Now, their once-proud service has become a death sentence for those left behind in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The Sunday Times, which first broke the story, noted that it has yet to independently verify the details of the murder. However, the mounting evidence is troubling. Malik, who now represents over a thousand Afghanistani plaintiffs in a legal battle for compensation from the British government, warns that this latest killing could be just the beginning. “The bloodshed is far from over,” he said. The leak, which exposed the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghanistani nationals who worked alongside the British government and military, was reportedly caused by a critical error by a Ministry of Defence staffer. The scandal sparked outrage in the UK and abroad. The British government has pledged up to £7 billion to mitigate the consequences of the breach. Yet, no monetary figure can resurrect lives lost or undo the terror inflicted upon families abandoned to Taliban retribution.
Investigative findings by The Daily Telegraph further underscore the severity of the situation. Since the February 2022 leak, at least 200 former Afghanistani soldiers have reportedly been executed by Taliban militants. It remains unclear how many of those victims were identified from the leaked documents, as the British government has refused to release the full list publicly. Despite these mounting atrocities, the Taliban continues to peddle its hollow narrative of “general amnesty” for former security forces an absurd claim that has been repeatedly contradicted by targeted killings, enforced disappearances, and acts of revenge. The regime’s assertion that they require no external lists to identify their enemies only underscores the breadth of their internal surveillance and their ruthless determination to eliminate all remnants of the pre-2021 order.
Each new assassination unravels the Taliban’s propaganda further, exposing a reality of repression and revenge. The killing of this young Afghanistani man whose only ‘crime’ was being related to a soldier who once dared to stand against tyranny lays bare the tragic consequences of both international negligence and Taliban brutality.
