Taliban Kill Three Civilians of Pro-Government Militia in Faryab (2019)

Incident
Date
Jan 18, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Khwaja Sabz Posh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.0444096494222

Longitude: 64.6135202440955

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khwaja Sabz Posh
Town/Village
Ghozari and Yangi Qala villages, Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • 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)
  • Pro-government militia
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 18, 2019, Taliban fighters killed three civilians in the villages of Ghozari and Yangi Qala because they were family members of pro-government militia members. Both villages were under Taliban control at the time of the killings. This incident represents collective punishment where individuals were targeted and killed based on their relatives' affiliation with government forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3