A resident of Zarghon Shahr, Logar, claimed that some soldiers came and detained 45 people from Zarghon Shahr, and some of them disappeared

Incident
Incident date
March-April 1979
Year of incident
1979
Province of incident
Logar: Mohammad Agha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.2181063276396

Longitude: 69.0987680923807

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mohammad Agha
Town/Village
Zarghon Shahr
Types of incident
  • Enforced Disappearance
Conflict parties
  • Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Enforced disappearance
  • Crime against humanity: Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty
Regime in place
  • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A resident of Zarghon Shahr, Logar, claimed that: “After anti-government demonstrations in Logar in Saur 1358 (March-April 1979), soldiers came and detained 45 people from Zarghon Shahr. They took my husband, Haji Saifullah, out of his home that evening. He was detained by the intelligence service and imprisoned in Mohammad Agha district for about a week. After that, he disappeared”

Source_1

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/casting-shadows-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-1978-2001

No of victims involved
45