Afghanistan: The brother of the former vice president was shot dead by the Taliban in Panjshir Province | world News

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His nephew said that Ruhollah Azizi – the brother of the former Afghan vice president – was shot dead by the Taliban.

Azizi, brother of Amrullah Saleh, was traveling in the northern province of Panjshir when Taliban fighters stopped his car at a checkpoint.

“As we hear at the moment, the Taliban shot him and his driver at the checkpoint,” said Sharish Salih.

Photo: Amrullah Saleh was the Vice President of Afghanistan before the Taliban took control of Kabul

Azizi was an anti-Taliban fighter and his nephew said it was not clear where he was going when the Taliban stopped him.

He added that phones do not work in the area.

Amrullah Saleh led forces resisting the Taliban in Panjshir, which was the last province in Afghanistan to be overrun by Taliban fighters.

Videos shared online showed that the Taliban shot anti-Taliban fighters in Panjshir, who were arrested.

Sky News has contacted Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen to comment on the incident.

Photo: More evacuation flights are expected, provided the new system continues to cooperate

A UNDP report released on September 11 said Afghanistan was teetering on the brink of “global poverty” that could become a reality next year unless efforts are made to shore up the economy.

The UNDP report identified four scenarios that expect Afghanistan’s GDP to fall between 3.6% and 13.2% in the next fiscal year.

This contrasts sharply with the projected 4% growth in GDP prior to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul on August 15.

Photo: The first civilian flight from Afghanistan since mass evacuations arrives in Qatar

“Afghanistan is largely facing global poverty by the middle of next year,” said Kani Weinaraja, director of the Asia Pacific region at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). “That’s where we’re headed – 97-98% [poverty rate] No matter how those expectations work.”

The poverty rate in Afghanistan is currently 72%.

Last week, foreign nationals, including 13 Britons, boarded a Qatar Airways flight from Kabul and a second flight landed in Doha on Saturday morning.

Many of the people on the second flight were dual nationals – Afghans holding US, French, Canadian, Dutch or British passports, and another, speaking to Sky News in Doha, said he felt safe now but was angry at the West.

Abdul, from London, said: “As a British citizen and also as an Afghani, I am dual national, and I call on the international community, especially those countries that are involved in the conflict in Afghanistan and in Afghan politics, we must not leave Afghanistan alone (sic)”.

The coming days are expected to see more flights carrying stranded people in Afghanistan, provided the new system continues to cooperate.

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