ISIS-K Commander Pressures Wife to Become Suicide Bomber in Jowzjan (2016)

Document
Date
۳۰ مرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Shibirghan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.6824798459403

Longitude: 65.7514994646379

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Shibirghan
Town Village
Shibirghan, Jowzjan Province
Types of Incident
  • Corporal Punishment
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: Compelling participation in military operations
  • Unknown: Compelling service in hostile forces
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Enslavement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On August 20, 2016, a 32-year-old Afghan woman turned herself in to authorities in Shibirghan, Jowzjan province. She reported that her husband, Qari Zia, a local Islamic State commander, had pressured her to become a suicide bomber. The woman had been married for three years to Zia, who was formerly a Taliban commander from Jowzjan province but was now based in Nangarhar with the Islamic State.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
1