The Jar-e-Rajab massacre

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Date
۹ فروردین ۱۳۷۹
Dates of Incident
۹ فروردین ۱۳۷۹ ~ ۱۰ فروردین ۱۳۷۹
Year of Incident
2000
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Gosfandi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.2215966088889

Longitude: 65.9277670687403

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gosfandi
Sangcharak
Balkhab
Town Village
Ab Khor valley
Types of Incident
  • Arrest
  • Execution
  • Ground attack
Conflict Parties
  • Hizb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan (HWIA)
  • Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (JIA)
  • Junbish-e Milli Islami Afghanistan (JMIA)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Denying a fair trial
  • War crime: Displacing civilians
  • War crime: Inhuman treatment
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Unlawful confinement
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan (ISA)
Summary

After the Taliban had successfully occupied the Ab Khor valley, they encouraged the civilian population to return their villages. They detained twenty-five men. The Taliban then tied the prisoners’ hands and transported them to Khassar village where they executed them by firing squad.

Sources

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/casting-shadows-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-1978-2001

No of victims involved
25