Driver Killed at Taliban Checkpoint for Refusing Payment - Ghazni 2019

Incident
Date
Apr 9, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Qarabagh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.4264212545648

Longitude: 68.4187264222716

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qarabagh
Town/Village
Moshaki, Qarabagh, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Extortion
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces shot and killed a driver and wounded another when the driver refused to pay money demanded by insurgents at a Taliban checkpoint on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar in Moshaki village. The incident occurred as the Taliban attempted to extort payment from civilian travelers, killing the driver who refused to comply with their financial demands.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2