Afghan Businessman and Former Government Official Imprisoned in Uzbekistan

Abbas Ebrahimzada, a prominent Afghan businessman and former deputy speaker of Afghanistan’s House of Representatives, has been imprisoned in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, for the past week. Ebrahimzada, who owns the Ibrahimzada Group of Companies, has invested over $50 million in Uzbekistan over the last four years. Sources close to Ebrahimzada told Independent Persian that he was arrested on Wednesday, September 24, following multiple complaints filed by Afghan “business rivals.” Despite posting a bail of $350,000 to the Tashkent…