Civilian Killed by Taliban for Alleged Government Spying - Badakhshan (2019)

Incident
Date
Aug 4, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Badakhshan: Shuhada
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 37.1601797413401

Longitude: 71.0623168945312

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shuhada
Town/Village
Ghaib village, Shuhada, Badakhshan 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Denying a fair trial
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces killed a civilian in Ghaib village in Shuhada District, having accused him of spying for the government. The incident represents a targeted execution of a civilian based on allegations of government collaboration by insurgent forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1