Taliban Execute Man Accused of ISIS Cooperation in Dik Sar, Qush Tepa, Jowzjan (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 31, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Qush Tepa
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.2021397818091

Longitude: 65.3913116455078

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qush Tepa
Town/Village
Dik Sar area, Qush Tepa district, Jowzjan province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • 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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 31, 2018, Taliban fighters killed a 30-year-old man in Dik Sar after accusing him of cooperating with the Islamic State. This execution represents factional violence between competing insurgent groups, with the Taliban targeting an individual they suspected of collaboration with their rivals.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1