Taliban Execute Man Accused of ISIS Cooperation in Dik Sar, Qush Tepa, Jowzjan (2018)

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Date
۱۰ دی ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Qush Tepa
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.2021397818091

Longitude: 65.3913116455078

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qush Tepa
Town Village
Dik Sar area, Qush Tepa district, Jowzjan 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)
  • 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

On December 31, 2018, Taliban fighters killed a 30-year-old man in Dik Sar after accusing him of cooperating with the Islamic State. This execution represents factional violence between competing insurgent groups, with the Taliban targeting an individual they suspected of collaboration with their rivals.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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NYT

No of victims involved
1