Islamic State Attack on Red Cross Workers in Qush Tepah, Jowzjan (2017)
Document- Date
- ۲۰ بهمن ۱۳۹۵
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Qush Tepa
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 36.2021397818091
Longitude: 65.3913116455078
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Qush Tepa
- Town Village
- Qush Tepa district, Jowzjan province
- Types of Incident
- Abduction
- Complex attack
- Ground attack
- 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)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Enforced disappearance
- Unknown: Other inhumane acts
- Unknown: Taking hostages
- Unknown: Unlawful confinement
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On February 8, 2017, Islamic State militants attacked a convoy of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers traveling in three vehicles in Qush Tepa district. The attack killed six ICRC staff members—three drivers and three aid workers—and resulted in the abduction of two others. This deliberate targeting of humanitarian personnel represents a grave violation of international humanitarian law.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 8
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