De facto authorities have accelerated the systematic removal of former government legal personnel, terminating at least 200 experienced prosecutors over the past month from the General Directorate for Supervision and Prosecution of Decrees and Orders—the entity established to replace the former Attorney General’s Office.
Former legal cadres reporting to Amu TV confirm that dismissals are occurring at a rate of approximately 60 prosecutors per week, with qualified civil servants being summarily replaced by seminary-trained de facto loyalists lacking formal judicial qualifications.
Arbitrary Terminations and Withheld Compensation
Affected prosecutors report that their terminations were executed without prior administrative notice, legal justification, or written documentation:
- Summary Discharges: Former prosecutors describe showing up for routine duty only to find their names placed on public termination lists, followed by immediate verbal orders barring them from entering judicial facilities.
- Withheld Back Pay: Displaced legal personnel state that de facto administrators refused to disburse outstanding monthly salaries prior to their dismissal.
- Dismantling Professional Cadres: Legal experts emphasize that over 700 experienced prosecutors have been stripped of their posts since August 2021, systematically gutting impartial legal expertise from state institutions.
Institutional Overhaul of the Judicial System
The wave of dismissals highlights the complete ideological restructuring of Afghanistan’s legal framework. By replacing civil prosecutors and judges with religious appointees, de facto leadership in Kandahar has fundamentally transformed the former Attorney General’s Office into a supervisory organ tasked primarily with enforcing supreme leader decrees and monitoring detention facilities.
Human rights organizations and former judicial officers warn that replacing professional legal practitioners with politically appointed loyalists dismantles remaining institutional checks, deprives citizens of procedural due process, and leaves detainees entirely vulnerable to unchecked executive authority.