Taliban Execution of Eleven Kidnapped Bus Passengers in Andar, Ghazni (2016)

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Date
۱۸ خرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Ghazni: Andar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.3183516957056

Longitude: 68.4496566388923

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Andar
Town Village
Andar district, Kamal Khail area, Ghazni province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Arbitrary Detention
  • Arrest
  • Detention
  • 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: Cruel treatment
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 7, 2016, the Taliban executed 11 bus passengers who had been kidnapped on June 4 in Ghazni province. The hostages were killed on Tuesday evening after being held captive for several days.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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Tolo News

No of victims involved
11