ISIS-K Abduction of Family Following Tribal Dispute in Ghor (2017)
Incident- Date
- Mar 29, 2017
- Dates of incident
- Mar 25, 2017 ~ Mar 29, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Ghor: Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5321794641909
Longitude: 65.247013136478
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
- Town/Village
- Firozkoh (Chaghcharan) district, Ghor 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)
- ISIL-KP
- 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 : Taking hostages
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On March 25, 2017, self-identified ISIS-K (Daesh) fighters abducted five civilians—a man, his wife, and their three children—in Firozkoh (Chaghcharan) Chagcharan district following a tribal dispute. The family was held captive for four days before being released on March 29 after negotiations conducted by tribal elders. This incident demonstrates how ISIS-K exploited local disputes to assert control and intimidate civilian populations.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 5
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