Civilians and Police Officers Killed and Bodies Burned by Taliban - Ghazni (2020)

Incident
Date
May 17, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Ghazni: Jeghatoo
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.7355839609756

Longitude: 68.3875848479423

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jeghatoo (Waeez Shahid)
Town/Village
Qarloq valley, Jeghatoo District, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Ground Attack
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
  • Other Crimes : Outrages upon personal dignity
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 17 May 2020, the Taliban attacked a civilian vehicle carrying three civilians and two police officers in the Qarloq valley of Jeghatoo District, Ghazni Province, killing all five people. The insurgents then burned the bodies of those killed.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3