Taliban Kidnap Three Army Recruits on Farah-Farah Rod Road (2017)

Document
Date
۲۹ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Farah: Farah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.4474774615319

Longitude: 62.1455285395971

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Farah
Town Village
Road between Farah city and Farah Rod district, Farah province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Hostage taking
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 19, 2017, Taliban militants kidnapped three passengers on the road between Farah city, the provincial capital, and Farah Rod district. The victims were from Takhar province and were traveling to Kabul to be recruited into the Afghan National Army. Taliban fighters stopped the passenger car, pulled out the three men, and took them to an unknown location.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
3