Mosque Imam Kidnapped and Killed by Taliban - Herat (2019)
Incident- Date
- Oct 21, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Herat: Adraskan
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.6442991272476
Longitude: 62.2681294850427
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Adraskan
- Town/Village
- Naw Abad village, Adraskan, Herat Province
- Types of incident
- Abduction
- Execution
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Other Crimes : Summary execution
- Other Crimes : Taking hostages
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Taliban forces kidnapped and later killed the Imam of a mosque in Naw Abad village in Adraskan District. The incident represents both an abduction and subsequent execution of a religious leader by insurgent forces.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 1
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