Afghan Local Police Commander Kills Three Civilians in Takhar (2017)
Incident- Date
- Mar 26, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Taluqan
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.7364952360929
Longitude: 69.5345202470089
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Taluqan
- Town/Village
- Taluqan district, Takhar province
- Types of incident
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Shooting
- Small Arms Fires
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan Local Police (ALP)
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On March 26, 2017, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander opened fire on a group of civilians in Taluqan district during a land dispute. The shooting killed three civilians and injured four others. This incident represents the abuse of authority by a government security official who used lethal force against civilians in a civil matter.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 7
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