human rights defender
Sayed Ahmad Rashid Kashifi
Actions and Campaigns
Sayed Ahmad Rashid Kashifi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal assistance
Medical assistance
Psychosocial support
HRD's year of birth
1991
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
Rashid Kashifi is a journalist since 2013, with experience working with national and international outlets such as Kabul Times, Rasa TV, and Afghanistan International. Known for reporting facts with honesty and courage, even in the face of censorship and professional challenges.
Detained since
Apr 12, 2025
Date of release
Nov 6, 2025
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
Sentence
One year in prison
Latitude: 34.52666568569556
Longitude: 69.17506070759366
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Kabul
Location of detention - Facility
Detention Center of 40th Directorate of National Intelligence Agency
Alternative mailing address
Recent case update / evolution
In March 2025, Rashid Kashifi was arrested for the first time and tortured. Taliban agents confiscated his work equipment, including his camera, audio recorder, and phone. In the following weeks, intelligence officials repeatedly summoned him to their media department, claiming that it was to return his belongings. However, Kashifi believed that it was a trap to arrest him again.
In April 2025, he was arrested by the ٔNational intelligence agency on charges of collaborating with foreign media and propaganda against the Taliban. He was then reportedly sentenced to one year in prison.
Rashid Kashifi was released in November 2025.
Any other relevant documents
https://kabulnow.com/2025/04/freelance-journalist-arrested-by-taliban-for-alleged-ties-to-exiled-media/
https://www.afintl.com/fa/202504185227
https://8am.media/fa/afghan-journalists-center-calls-for-immediate-release-of-rashid-kashifi-from-taliban-captivity/
https://ground.news/article/sources-journalist-rashid-kashifi-detained-by-taliban-in-kabul
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1991
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Rashid Kashifi is a journalist since 2013, with experience working with national and international outlets such as Kabul Times, Rasa TV, and Afghanistan International. Known for reporting facts with honesty and courage, even in the face of censorship and professional challenges.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Kabul
- Location of detention - Facility
- Detention Center of 40th Directorate of National Intelligence Agency
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 34.52666568569556
Longitude: 69.17506070759366
- Geolocation of detention
- Alternative mailing address
- Detained since
- Apr 12, 2025
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Nov 6, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Sentence
One year in prison
- Recent case update / evolution
In March 2025, Rashid Kashifi was arrested for the first time and tortured. Taliban agents confiscated his work equipment, including his camera, audio recorder, and phone. In the following weeks, intelligence officials repeatedly summoned him to their media department, claiming that it was to return his belongings. However, Kashifi believed that it was a trap to arrest him again.
In April 2025, he was arrested by the ٔNational intelligence agency on charges of collaborating with foreign media and propaganda against the Taliban. He was then reportedly sentenced to one year in prison.
Rashid Kashifi was released in November 2025.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Kashifi reported being subjected to physical torture during the investigation against him. This included beatings on his back with a belt and having the investigators' feet pressed against his face.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Legal assistance
Medical assistance
Psychosocial support
- Any other relevant documents
https://kabulnow.com/2025/04/freelance-journalist-arrested-by-taliban-for-alleged-ties-to-exiled-media/
https://www.afintl.com/fa/202504185227
https://8am.media/fa/afghan-journalists-center-calls-for-immediate-release-of-rashid-kashifi-from-taliban-captivity/
https://ground.news/article/sources-journalist-rashid-kashifi-detained-by-taliban-in-kabul
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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