Detention of Seven Hazara Residents in Jalrez District Amid Land Dispute, Maidan Wardak (2022)
Incident- Date
- Apr 28, 2022
- Year of incident
- 2022
- Province of incident
- Maidan Wardak: Jalrez
- Town/Village
- Sarcheshma area, Jalrez District, Maidan Wardak Province
- Types of incident
- Arbitrary Detention
- Arrest
- Detention
- Conflict parties
- Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Kochies (Nomds)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Taliban Security (Police) Command
- Regime in place
- Second Taliban Regime of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Key Details:
Date: April 28, 2022 Location: Sarcheshma area, Jalrez District, Maidan Wardak Province Number of Detainees: 7 Ethnicity of Detainees: Hazara Reported Cause: Complaint by Kuchi nomads
On April 28, 2022, Taliban forces detained seven Hazara residents from the Sarcheshma area of Jalrez District in Maidan Wardak Province. The detentions were reportedly carried out in response to complaints filed by Kuchi nomads. The detained individuals have been identified as:
Abdullah Jan (from Pusht Mazar, Sarcheshma) Haji Qasim (from Pusht Mazar, Sarcheshma) Syed Aqa Zia (from Pusht Mazar, Sarcheshma) Abbas (from Qala-e-Sabz) Asif (from Qala-e-Aslam) Haji Habib (from Kota-e-Ghulam Rasul) Haji Akbar (from Qaria-e-Sokhta)
According to family members of the detainees, the specific reasons for the complaints and subsequent arrests remain unclear. However, it is worth noting that disputes over land and grazing rights (pastures) have been a longstanding source of conflict between the indigenous people of the central provinces and the Kuchi nomads.
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AHRDO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
- 7