Woman Killed by Taliban for Engagement to Soldier - Bādghīs (2019)

Document
Date
۱۵ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Badghis: Qala-I-Naw
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.9699344338338

Longitude: 63.1428044475934

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qala-I-Naw
Town Village
Laman village, Qala-I-Naw, Bādghīs Province
Types of Incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces shot and killed a woman in Laman village of Qala-I-Naw, the provincial capital. The woman was engaged to an Afghan soldier. The incident represents a targeted killing of a civilian based on her relationship with government security personnel.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1