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Mahmood Shah Habibi
Mahmood Shah Habibi is listed as a missing person by the FBI; last known in Kabul, Afghanistan on 10 August 2022. This is a search for a person at risk, not a criminal notice.
He is described as 1.78 m tall, weighing about 86 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 2 January 1988 in Afghanistan, he would now be 38.
Incident
Kabul, Afghanistan · 10 August 2022
Reward
The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the location, recovery, and return of Mahmood Shah Habibi.
Case details, as published by FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking information regarding the disappearance of Mahmood Shah Habibi in Afghanistan in August of 2022. Habibi, Afghanistan’s former director of civil aviation, was taken from his vehicle near his home in Kabul City, Afghanistan, and allegedly detained by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence along with his driver and 29 other employees of the Asia Consultancy Group, a Kabul-based telecommunications company. All except for Habibi and one other have since been freed. Habibi has not been heard from since his arrest, and the Taliban has yet to provide any information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
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If you can help
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