Taliban Public Executions - Ghazni (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 17, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Ghazni: Andar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3183516957056

Longitude: 68.4496566388923

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Andar
Town/Village
Andar district, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Arrest
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • Torture
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Denying a fair trial
  • Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Torture
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In April 2015, Taliban militants conducted public executions of three men in the Andar district of Ghazni Province. The men were allegedly executed for the murder of two doctors. The executions were carried out in front of a large crowd, with the victims blindfolded before being shot. Photographs were taken of the executions.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Khama Press

No of victims involved
3