Islamic State Attack on Red Cross Workers in Qush Tepah, Jowzjan (2017)
Incident- Date
- Feb 8, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Qush Tepa
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.2021397818091
Longitude: 65.3913116455078
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Qush Tepa
- Town/Village
- Qush Tepa district, Jowzjan province
- Types of incident
- Abduction
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- 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)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Enforced disappearance
- Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
- Other Crimes : Taking hostages
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On February 8, 2017, Islamic State militants attacked a convoy of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers traveling in three vehicles in Qush Tepa district. The attack killed six ICRC staff members—three drivers and three aid workers—and resulted in the abduction of two others. This deliberate targeting of humanitarian personnel represents a grave violation of international humanitarian law.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 8
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