Driver Killed at Taliban Checkpoint for Refusing Payment - Ghazni 2019

Document
Date
۲۰ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Qarabagh
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.4264212545648

Longitude: 68.4187264222716

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qarabagh
Town Village
Moshaki, Qarabagh, Ghazni Province
Types of Incident
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
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 crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Extortion
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces shot and killed a driver and wounded another when the driver refused to pay money demanded by insurgents at a Taliban checkpoint on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar in Moshaki village. The incident occurred as the Taliban attempted to extort payment from civilian travelers, killing the driver who refused to comply with their financial demands.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2