Taliban Kill Two Civilians with No Government Connection in Nangarhar (2017)

Incident
Date
Dec 10, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Sherzad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5455490414507

Longitude: 69.3580546013115

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sherzad
Town/Village
Markikhel area, Sherzad district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 10, 2017, Taliban militants killed two civilians in the Markikhel area of Sherzad district. According to officials, the victims had no connection with the government. The Taliban did not comment on this incident involving the killing of civilians who were not affiliated with government forces or activities.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
2