The Taliban executed a man by hanging after a Taliban shadow court sentenced him to death

Incident
Date
Jan 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Adraskan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6442991272476

Longitude: 62.2681294850427

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Adraskan
Types of incident
  • Execution
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary of incident

The Taliban executed a man by hanging after a Taliban shadow court sentenced him to death. The man was accused of killing a man and stealing his motorbike in early 2018. He was held by the Taliban while his case proceeded through three courts in the Taliban justice system.

Source_1

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 50, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf