Taliban Abduct Twenty Election Staff Members in Jowzjan (2018)
Incident- Date
- May 3, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Mardyan
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.9983451453401
Longitude: 66.3062065937643
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Mardyan
- Town/Village
- Mardyan district, Jowzjan province
- Types of incident
- Abduction
- Arrest
- Hostage taking
- 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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Enforced disappearance
- Other Crimes : Taking hostages
- Other Crimes : Threats against civilians
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 3, 2018, Taliban forces in Mardyan district abducted 20 election staff members and threatened to kill them. The Taliban released 17 of the staff after they agreed not to work on the elections. The fate of the remaining three election workers remained unknown at the time of reporting. This incident represents systematic intimidation of electoral personnel to disrupt democratic processes.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 20
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