Central Bank Employees Kidnapped and Killed by Taliban - Herat (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 9, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Kohsan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.6677817878843

Longitude: 61.2031727675001

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kohsan
Town/Village
Ahmad Abad village, Kohsan District, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Hostage taking
  • Murder
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 : Summary execution
  • Other Crimes : Taking hostages
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 9 April 2020, five employees of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, who were traveling from the Islam Qala border pass to Herat City, were kidnapped and killed by the Taliban in Ahmad Abad village, Kohsan District, Herat Province.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5