Seven Hazaras Civilians Abducted and Killed in Sholgara, Balkh (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 8, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Sholgara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.3745301064425

Longitude: 66.8965650031188

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sholgara
Town/Village
hilly Jar-e-Nahar-Surkh area in Sholgara District, Balkh province
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Inhuman treatment
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Taking hostages
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Act of genocide: Killing
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On April 8, 2020, Taliban militants abducted eight Hazara herders from Gonga Pass and transported them to the hilly Jar-e-Nahar-Surkh area in Sholgara District, Balkh province. The Taliban then killed seven captives by gunfire and seriously injured one. The victims were four adults and three children, with one youngster also being injured.

Source_1

AHRDO Archive

[ New York Times Casualty Report, April 2020](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html]

[Hasht-e-Subh](https://8am.media/fa/the-taliban-killed-seven-civilians-in-balkh-province/]

Source_2

Etilaatroz

Hasht-e-Subh

No of victims involved
7