Execution of Pregnant Woman in Yamgan, Badakhshan (2017)

Incident
Date
Jan 30, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Badakhshan: Yamgan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.4874881626815

Longitude: 70.8741760253906

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Yamgan
Town/Village
Yamgan district, Badakhshan province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Local Militia
  • 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 January 30, 2017, anti-government elements dragged a pregnant woman from her home in Yamgan district and shot her in the yard of her house. The killing was reportedly based on allegations that she supported the government. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented this incident through witness testimony.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
1