ISIS-K Fighters Kill Civilian for Refusing to Pay Tax in Sayyad, Sar-e Pul (2017)

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Date
۲۸ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sayyad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.8736610570906

Longitude: 68.4307075524203

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Sayyad
Town Village
Sayyad district, Sar-e Pul 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Extortion
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 18, 2017, self-identified ISIS-K (Daesh) fighters shot and killed a civilian man and wounded his sister in Sayad district after the siblings refused to pay taxes demanded by the group. This incident represents extortion-related violence by ISIS-K against civilians who resisted their illegal taxation demands.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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UN

No of victims involved
2