Release of Abducted Red Crescent Doctors in Sare Pol (2016)

Incident
Date
Jan 16, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sayyad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.8736610570906

Longitude: 68.4307075524203

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sayyad
Town/Village
Ahoo Area, Sayyad District, Sare Pol Province
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Hostage taking
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Taking hostages
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In July 2016, three doctors working for the Afghan Red Crescent Society were freed after being abducted by unidentified militants in the Ahoo area of Sayaad district, Sar-e Pul province. Details regarding when the medical workers were initially kidnapped were not provided in the available reports.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
3