Taliban Abduct Shopkeeper and Cut Off Finger for Voting in Helmand (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 22, 2018
Dates of incident
Oct 20, 2018 ~ Oct 22, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Helmand: Unknown
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6619926489105

Longitude: 64.9910104012577

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Maywand
Town/Village
Maywand district, Helmand province
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Torture
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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Mutilation
  • Other Crimes : Outrages upon personal dignity
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Torture
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 20, 2018, Taliban fighters reportedly abducted a shopkeeper in Maywand district and detained him for two days. According to the victim, the Taliban cut off the top of his finger as punishment for having voted for an anti-Taliban candidate. This incident represents deliberate torture and mutilation as punishment for exercising democratic rights.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
1