ISIS-K Fighters Kill Civilian for Refusing to Pay Tax in Sayyad, Sar-e Pul (2017)

Incident
Date
Mar 18, 2017
Year of incident
2017
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
Sayyad district, Sar-e Pul 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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 : Extortion
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 18, 2017, self-identified ISIS-K (Daesh) fighters shot and killed a civilian man and wounded his sister in Sayad district after the siblings refused to pay taxes demanded by the group. This incident represents extortion-related violence by ISIS-K against civilians who resisted their illegal taxation demands.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
2