In 1979, five civilians were arrested and subsequently disappeared after being taken into custody by the intelligence services

Incident
Year of incident
1979
Province of incident
Logar: Mohammad Agha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.2181063276396

Longitude: 69.0987680923807

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mohammad Agha
Types of incident
  • Enforced Disappearance
Conflict parties
  • Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Enforced disappearance
  • Crime against humanity: Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty
Regime in place
  • Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Mohammad, a resident of Muhammad Aghah district of Logar province, claimed that five of his family members were arrested in 1979 and disappeared. All had been taken into custody by the intelligence services. According to the statements of their co-prisoners, they were in jail for 15 to 20 days and then taken out and killed.

Source_1

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/casting-shadows-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-1978-2001

No of victims involved
5