ISIS-K Beheads Two Civilians in Achin, Nangarhar (2017)

Incident
Date
Mar 3, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Achin
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.0826692263006

Longitude: 70.6667628480014

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Achin
Town/Village
Achin district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Decapitation
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
  • Torture
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)
  • 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 : Inhuman treatment
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
  • Other Crimes : Torture
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 3, 2017, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K/Daesh) militants beheaded two civilians in Achin district—a 16-year-old boy and a man. The executions were carried out after the group accused the victims of providing intelligence to government officials that led to an airstrike killing ISIS-K fighters. This represents a deliberate execution of civilians based on unsubstantiated allegations of collaboration.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
2