Taliban Abduct Shopkeeper and Cut Off Finger for Voting in Helmand (2018)
Document- Date
- ۳۰ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Dates of Incident
- ۲۸ مهر ۱۳۹۷ ~ ۳۰ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Unknown
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.6619926489105
Longitude: 64.9910104012577
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Maywand
- Town Village
- Maywand district, Helmand province
- Types of Incident
- Abduction
- Torture
- 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: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Mutilation
- Unknown: Outrages upon personal dignity
- Unknown: Persecution
- Unknown: Torture
- Unknown: Unlawful confinement
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 20, 2018, Taliban fighters reportedly abducted a shopkeeper in Maywand district and detained him for two days. According to the victim, the Taliban cut off the top of his finger as punishment for having voted for an anti-Taliban candidate. This incident represents deliberate torture and mutilation as punishment for exercising democratic rights.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 1
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