The immigration courts in United Kingdom allowed a Taliban henchman to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.
The 32-year-old man was reportedly serving as bodyguard with the Taliban group whose father was commanding a group of 65 insurgents, the Khaama Press reported Sunday.
The man was identified only by the initials SAKA after his name was kept secret by the courts and his case was previously rejected by the Home Secretary Theresa May.
SAKA fled the country and made his way to Britain after he was accused of killing a provincial governor’s son and spent fours in jail in Kandahar province before managing to escape from the jail.
SAKA also added that his father had been forced to join the Taliban as a commander and he agreed to work as a Taliban bodyguard because he was concerned about his father’s safety.
The court papers in the case carried in a report by The Telegraph said, “During his time with the Taliban he saw a leader … behead a man because he believed him to be a spy. After this incident his father decided to leave the Taliban.”
The papers went on “Whilst crossing the desert the appellant and his father were arrested and placed in detention. “The appellant was accused of killing MK, the son of the governor of Herat. The appellant claims he then spent four years in Sarpoza prison in Kandahar and was never formally convicted or tried. He claimed he was tortured and his head was covered and he was beaten.”
“He managed to escape from the prison and went with a fellow Taliban member to his home in Kunduz where he remained with him for six months in hiding,” the court papers added.
