Agriculture Department Employee Kidnapped and Killed by Taliban - Ghor (2020)

Incident
Date
May 9, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Ghor: Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
Town/Village
Madrasa village, FirozKoh, Ghor Province
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 : Summary execution
  • Other Crimes : Taking hostages
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 9 May 2020, one employee of the Agriculture Department was kidnapped and killed by the Taliban in Madrasa village, FirozKoh, Ghor Province.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1