was given in the Pashto language and interpretation from English to Pashto and Pashto to English was performed by Mr Shehzad who was in Ontario, Canada.
959 The personal circumstances of the Afghan witnesses and their relationships were described by them in the following way.
960 Mohammed Hanifa was born in the village of Darwan on 29 April 1983. He lived in Darwan from the date of his birth to 2021. He worked cultivating wheat, corn, kidney beans and tomatoes.
961 Mohammed Hanifa's father is Shahzada Fatih. His mother is Bibi Jan. His father has another wife and her name is Bibi. Ali Jan Faqir is his stepmother's brother. Mohammed Hanifa has six sisters and 12 brothers, one of whom had passed away.
962 Mohammed Hanifa said that he grew up with Ali Jan and they used to visit each other. Ali Jan and his family lived in the Baag village which was a three hour walk (approximately) from Darwan.
963 Mohammed Hanifa said that Ali Jan cultivated crops, had some cattle and also sold wood. He said that Ali Jan was not connected to Taliban in anyway. Ali Jan was married and had two or three children.
964 Mohammed Hanifa lived with his family in his father's house. All but three of his brothers were living there.
965 Mangul Rahmi's compound is on the southern side of the compound in which Shahzada Fatih and Mohammed Hanifa live and Koko Aka lives in the compound on the northern side. Shahzada Fatih and Mohammed Hanifa share a guesthouse with Mangul Rahmi.
966 In 2012, there was a mill in the village and it was owned by Haji Wali Jan. There is a graveyard in the village and near it is the compound of Haji Muhammad Gul. Shahzada Fatih's fields for cultivation are on the opposite side of the creek bed.
967 Mangul Rahmi is 40 years old. As I have said, he owns the compound at the southernmost end of the southern set of compounds and his neighbour to the north is Shahzada Fatih and Mohammed Hanifa lives in that compound.
968 Mangul Rahmi was born in Darwan and, prior to 2021, he had lived in Darwan for all of his life. He worked cultivating crops, including corn, wheat, tomatoes and potatoes and, as he put
