The Taliban attacked a tribal elder’s house, killing three members of a family and abducting a man who lived there

Incident
Date
May 8, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Farsi
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6974304788993

Longitude: 63.0929577791438

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Farsi
Types of incident
  • Complex Attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary of incident

The Taliban attacked a tribal elder’s house, killing three members of a family and abducting a man who lived there.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 3-9, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.