Taliban Execute Government Employee and Radio Journalist in Farah City (2019)

Incident
Date
Jan 5, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Farah
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.4474774615319

Longitude: 62.1455285395971

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Farah
Town/Village
Outskirts of Farah City, Farah province
Types of incident
  • Arbitrary Detention
  • Arrest
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Hostage taking
  • 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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Denying a fair trial
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 5, 2019, Taliban fighters arrested 13 people on the outskirts of Farah City, suspecting them of being government employees. Government employee and local radio journalist Javeed Noori was recognized by the Taliban and executed on the spot. The remaining 12 individuals were taken into custody. This incident represents the Taliban's systematic targeting of government workers and media personnel.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
14