The Killing of 13 Passengers in Sayed Abad, Maidan Wardak (2015)

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Date
۲۴ مارس ۲۰۱۵
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Wardak: Saydabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Saydabad
Town Village
Haft-Asiyab, Sayedabad
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Small arms Fires
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Civil Order Forces (ANCOF)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Office of National Security Council (ONSC)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Taking hostages
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 24, 2015, unidentified gunmen intercepted a bus traveling from Kabul to Kandahar in the Haft-Asiyab area of Sayed Abad District, Maidan Wardak Province. After conducting searches and interrogations, the assailants executed 13 passengers, including one woman, and injured two others. The motive and the identity of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Sources

AHRDO Archive

VOA Dari

Etilaatroz

Source_2

8am Daily DW Farsi

No of victims involved
13