Serhauz Dam Water Supply Shutdown - Faryab (2015)
Incident- Date
- Jun 3, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Faryab: Pashtun Kot
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 35.8322207280925
Longitude: 64.7716331534889
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Pashtun Kot
- Town/Village
- Serhauz dam, Pashtun Kot district, Faryab Province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Extrad-Judicial Acts
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Pro-government militia
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
- Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
- Other Crimes : Wilfully causing great suffering
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On June 3, 2015, a pro-government armed group commander shut off the water supply from the Serhauz dam located in Pashtun Kot district, Faryab Province. This action deprived most of the district's population as well as residents of the provincial capital, Maimana, of water for several days. The commander reportedly shut off the water in retaliation for the looting of a humanitarian aid convoy destined for his area by a rival pro-government armed group the previous day. The water disruption resulted in crop and garden destruction or severe damage, further impacting the well-being of affected communities. Following intervention by district and provincial authorities, the commander reopened the water supply on June 13, 2015. According to reports, the commander was not held accountable for his actions. The identity of the commander was not publicly disclosed.
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