Taliban Abduction and Killing of Bus Passengers in Chahar Dara District, Kunduz (2016)

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Date
۷ تیر ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kunduz: Chahar Dara
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7637387931497

Longitude: 68.8694154925256

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chahar Dara
Town Village
Chahar Dara District, Kunduz
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Arbitrary Detention
  • Arrest
  • Assault
  • Complex attack
  • Corporal Punishment
  • Execution
  • Hostage taking
  • Murder
  • 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)
  • Other
  • 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: Cruel treatment
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Other inhumane acts
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Threats against civilians
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

In June 2016, Taliban fighters stopped several buses on a road in Chardara district, Kunduz Province. The militants forced passengers out, killed at least ten people immediately, and abducted 18 others. Ten of the hostages were later released. On June 26, the Taliban killed five of the eight remaining hostages, whose bodies were brought to the Kunduz hospital.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Seattle Times

No of victims involved
200