ISKP Kills Local Imam for Alleged Sorcery in Sare Pol (2017)

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Date
۱ مرداد ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sar-e Pul
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.344759373304

Longitude: 66.1706216589517

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Sar-e Pul
Town Village
Sar-e Pul, Sare Pol province
Types of Incident
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
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 civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Denying a fair trial
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 23, 2017, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) militants killed a local imam in Sare Pol province, accusing him of committing "sorcery." The imam had been offering traditional Afghan talismans to worshippers, which ISKP considered contrary to their interpretation of Islamic law. This killing represents the group's enforcement of their extremist religious ideology through violence against religious leaders.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

No of victims involved
1