Taliban forces abducted three boys over a land dispute with their family

Incident
Date
Mar 28, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunar: Marawara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.8912639120343

Longitude: 71.1694652008618

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Marawara
Types of incident
  • Abduction
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Taking hostages
Summary of incident

Taliban forces abducted two boys (age 16 and 17) and an 18 year old man over a land dispute with their family. They were held for over two weeks and released on April 12, 2019 after local elders intervened.

Source_1

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 23, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf