ISIS-K Beheads Two Civilians in Achin, Nangarhar (2017)

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Date
۱۳ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Achin
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0826692263006

Longitude: 70.6667628480014

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Achin
Town Village
Achin district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Decapitate
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
  • Torture
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: Inhuman treatment
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 3, 2017, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K/Daesh) militants beheaded two civilians in Achin district—a 16-year-old boy and a man. The executions were carried out after the group accused the victims of providing intelligence to government officials that led to an airstrike killing ISIS-K fighters. This represents a deliberate execution of civilians based on unsubstantiated allegations of collaboration.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
2