Taliban Abduction and Killing of Bus Passengers in Chahar Dara District, Kunduz (2016)
Incident- Date
- Jun 27, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Kunduz: Chahar Dara
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.7637387931497
Longitude: 68.8694154925256
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Chahar Dara
- Town/Village
- Chahar Dara District, Kunduz
- Types of incident
- Abduction
- Arbitrary Detention
- Arrest
- Assault
- Complex Attack
- Corporal Punishment
- Execution
- Hostage taking
- Murder
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Cruel treatment
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
- Other Crimes : Summary execution
- Other Crimes : Threats against civilians
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
In June 2016, Taliban fighters stopped several buses on a road in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz Province. The militants forced passengers out, killed at least ten people immediately, and abducted 18 others. Ten of the hostages were later released. On June 26, the Taliban killed five of the eight remaining hostages, whose bodies were brought to the Kunduz hospital.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 200
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