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Additional information
Date of birth:
1952
Village/Town of birth:
Qizalabad قزل آباد
Province of birth:
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Hazara
Education:
Unknown
Date of the main incident:
August 07, 1997
Place of the main incident:
Qizalabad
Related incident:
Incident description
On August 7, 1998, following a renewed conflict with the Northern Front, Taliban forces entered Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province. In the initial days, they detained and executed thousands of civilians, primarily Hazaras. Within the first 3 days, the Taliban forces declared a general massacre targeting the city's Shia population. According to witnesses, the scale of the violence left bodies strewn across the streets. It took days to remove all the bodies. Gholam Hassan was among the civilian casualties of the Taliban's massacre.
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Alleged type of harm
Alleged type of crimes
Province:
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Latitude:
36.6940040349316
Longitude:
67.1132463131472
Latitude: 36.6940040349316
Longitude: 67.1132463131472
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Latitude: 36.6940040349316
Longitude: 67.1132463131472
On August 7, 1998, following a renewed conflict with the Northern Front, Taliban forces entered Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province. In the initial days, they detained and executed thousands of civilians, primarily Hazaras. Within the first 3 days, the Taliban forces declared a general massacre targeting the city's Shia population. According to witnesses, the scale of the violence left bodies strewn across the streets. It took days to remove all the bodies. Gholam Hassan was among the civilian casualties of the Taliban's massacre.
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