Illegal Checkpoint Civilian Execution - Sare Pol 2015

Incident
Date
May 29, 2025
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sangcharak
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.3373524837163

Longitude: 66.4348622192195

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sangcharak
Town/Village
Sancharak District, Sare Pol Province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Acts
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Pro-government militia
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Wilful killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On May 29, 2015, members of a pro-government armed group established an illegal checkpoint in Sancharak District, Sare Pol Province. The armed group stopped a civilian passenger bus at this checkpoint and ordered one passenger to disembark. They then shot and killed the passenger in view of the other bus occupants. The identity of the victim was not established.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:lReports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 54

No of victims involved
1