Nazeer Paktyawal is dead.
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Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal. Forty one.
Afghan special forces. Enlisted 2005. Fought shoulder to shoulder with U.S. Army 3rd Special Forces Group in Paktika province. Decade plus in the kill zones. Evacuated official. August 2021. Paroled. Asylum filed. Interview complete. Work authorization. Social Security number. No illegal entry.
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Richardson Texas. Wife. Six children. Oldest fifteen. Youngest eighteen months. One U.S. citizen. Primary provider at Golden Star Halal Market. Afghan bakery and cafe.
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The machine did not care.
March 13 2026. Seven a.m. Eight masked agents. Unmarked vehicles. Surround him outside the apartment. Taking his kids to school. Dragged away in front of them. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/15/afghan-man-dies-ice-custody-dallas/
Evening. Call from custody. Not feeling well.
Eleven forty five p.m. Admitted Parkland Memorial Hospital.
March 14. Nine ten a.m. Declared dead. Less than twenty four hours in custody. Tongue swollen at breakfast. Shortness of breath. Chest pain. Breathing treatment. Observation. Lifesaving efforts. Failed.
Afghan father and former U.S. military ally died in ice custody in Texas.
ice labels him a “criminal illegal alien.” They cite a SNAP fraud felony in September 2025, a theft charge in November 2025, and parole that expired in August 2025. No medical history was reported at the time of his arrest. The investigation is active.
There have been twelve deaths in custody this year already, with Texas leading the count. The mass deportation machine is on a record pace. Afghans are being singled out for their heritage. Numbers to meet. Allies erased from the ledger.
The gears grind clear.
Service record: Irrelevant. Blood debt paid in Paktika: Forgotten. Pending asylum: A paper shield. Local survival arrests: A permanent stamp. Spectacle arrest before children: A pressure point. Rapid transfer and death. Questions buried. Medical neglect or stress fracture? Unanswered. Why does a healthy forty-one-year-old father collapse in one day? The record demands a full release.
The Timeline: Locked
2005 onward: Afghan special forces with U.S. 3rd SFG. Paktika ops.
August 30, 2021: Official evacuation. Dulles. Paroled.
2025: Parole expires. SNAP fraud on September 16. Theft on November 1.
March 13, 2026, 7:00 a.m.: Masked agents seize him on the school run.
March 13, Evening: Ill report from custody.
March 13, 11:45 p.m.: Parkland Hospital admission.
March 14, 9:10 a.m.: Dead. His body remains there.
Witness the fracture.
An Afghan man named Nazeer just died in ice custody in Texas. More questions than answers. Condolences to the family ring hollow against the machine that used him, discarded him, then rewrote him as a criminal.
The betrayal stands. The creature fed. No absolution.
Sources & Ways to Help
GoFundMe: Support for Nazeer Paktyawal’s Family
Official ice Release: Statement on Custody Death
AfghanEvac Factsheet: Nazeer’s Death
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