Fatal Shooting of 22-Year-Old Father in Daykundi-Ghor Border, Daykundi (2023)
Document- Date
- ۲۷ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۳
- Year of Incident
- 2024
- Province of incident
- Daykundi: Sangtakht
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.4674925999618
Longitude: 65.7424762112893
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- SangtakhtDawlat Yar
- Town Village
- Halwa Khorak Pass, near Kham-e-Safid Pass, border area between Daykundi and Ghor provinces
- Types of Incident
- Ambush
- Assassination
- Assault
- Clash
- Execution
- Extrad-Judicial Acts
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Murder
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Taliban Security (Police) Command
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Wilful killing
- War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
- Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
- Act of genocide: Killing
- Crime against humanity: Extermination
- Crime against humanity: Murder
- Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
- Crime against humanity: Persecution
- Perpetrators
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
- Summary
Key Details:
Date: May 16, 2023 (26 Saur 1403 in the Afghan calendar) Location: Halwa Khorak Pass, near Kham-e-Safid Pass, border area between Daykundi and Ghor provinces Victim: Hekmat, son of Qurban, age 22 Perpetrators: Two unidentified armed individuals on a motorcycle Time of Incident: 5:00 PM local time
On May 16, 2023, a tragic incident occurred in the border region between Daykundi and Ghor provinces of Afghanistan. Hekmat, a 22-year-old father of two, was fatally shot at the Halwa Khorak Pass near the Kham-e-Safid Pass. The area is situated between the predominantly Hazara district of Sangtakht Bandar district in Daykundi province and the Aimaq-populated Dawlat Yar district in Ghor province.
The shooting was carried out by two unidentified armed individuals who arrived at the scene on a motorcycle at approximately 5:00 PM. Hekmat, who was the sole breadwinner for his family, left behind a wife and two sons. As of the time of this report, the motive behind the killing and the identities of the perpetrators remain unknown. The Taliban administration, have not conducted any investigation or follow-up regarding this incident.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
- 1