Abduction and Killing of Four Passengers in Muqur, Ghazni (2015)

Incident
Date
Aug 11, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Ghazni: Jeghatoo
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.7750907574508

Longitude: 68.364741534513

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jaghatu
Town/Village
Dara-e-Qiyaq
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Arrest
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Civil Order Forces (ANCOF)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • CIA backed Afghan Military Strike Force
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Office of National Security Council (ONSC)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Inhuman treatment
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Taking hostages
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 11, 2015, the bodies of four Hazara civilians were discovered beside a road in the Gosfandi area of Ghazni province. These individuals had been abducted by the Taliban on August 6 from the Qiyaq Valley in Jaghatu District while they were traveling from Jaghori District to Ghazni City.

Source_1

AHRDO Archive

BBC Persian

VOA Dari

Source_2

Etilaatroz

Jomhor News

No of victims involved
4