Pro-Government Group Retaliatory Killings - Faryab (2015)

Incident
Date
Aug 30, 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
Pashtun Kot district, Faryab Province
Types of incident
  • Arrest
  • Extrad-Judicial Acts
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
  • Torture
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Pro-government militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 30, 2015, members of a pro-government armed group entered a village in Pashtun Kot District of Faryab Province. The armed group killed two civilian men whom they accused of supporting local Taliban forces. Reports indicated that Anti-Government Elements had killed two members of the same pro-government armed group in an ambush earlier that day.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg.65