Taliban Killing of Twenty-Three Civilians in Kandahar (2016)
Incident- Date
- Dec 2, 2016
- Dates of incident
- Nov 30, 2016 ~ Dec 2, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Naish
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.3973200323212
Longitude: 65.7167816162109
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Naish
- Town/Village
- Naish district, Kandahar province
- Types of incident
- Corporal Punishment
- Murder
- Shooting
- 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)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- 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
Between November 30 and December 2, 2016, Taliban militants killed 23 civilians in Naish district of Kandahar province. The killings occurred over a 48-hour period, demonstrating a pattern of deliberate attacks against the civilian population.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 23
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