Pro-Government Armed Group Kills Civilian in Faryab (2017)

Incident
Date
Jan 3, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Faryab: Qaysar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.1283957548918

Longitude: 64.1250468239828

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qaysar
Town/Village
Qaysar district, Faryab province
Types of incident
  • Assault
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Cruel treatment
  • Other Crimes : Extortion
  • Other Crimes : Outrages upon personal dignity
  • Other Crimes : Torture
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 3, 2017, members of a pro-government armed group beat and stabbed a civilian man to death in Qaysar district. The killing occurred after the victim refused to pay taxes demanded by the group. This incident represents an extrajudicial killing by irregular forces aligned with the government.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA Report

No of victims involved
1