ISIS-K Commander Pressures Wife to Become Suicide Bomber in Jowzjan (2016)

Incident
Date
Aug 20, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Shibirghan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6824798459403

Longitude: 65.7514994646379

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shibirghan
Town/Village
Shibirghan, Jowzjan Province
Types of incident
  • Corporal Punishment
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 : Compelling participation in military operations
  • Other Crimes : Compelling service in hostile forces
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Enslavement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 20, 2016, a 32-year-old Afghan woman turned herself in to authorities in Shibirghan, Jowzjan province. She reported that her husband, Qari Zia, a local Islamic State commander, had pressured her to become a suicide bomber. The woman had been married for three years to Zia, who was formerly a Taliban commander from Jowzjan province but was now based in Nangarhar with the Islamic State.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
1