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.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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