Taliban Kidnapping and Release of Seventeen Hazara Civilians in Sangcharak District (2016)

Document
Date
۱۳ خرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sangcharak
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.3373524837163

Longitude: 66.4348622192195

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Sangcharak
Town Village
Sangcharak District, Sare Pol
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 2, 2016, gunmen kidnapped 17 members of the Shi'ite Hazara minority after pulling them out of their vehicles in Sancharak district. The civilians were taken to an area controlled by the Taliban. The following day, on June 3, the Taliban released all 17 abducted Hazaras.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
17