Central Bank Employees Kidnapped and Killed by Taliban - Herat (2020)

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Date
۲۱ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Kohsan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.6677817878843

Longitude: 61.2031727675001

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kohsan
Town Village
Ahmad Abad village, Kohsan District, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Hostage taking
  • Murder
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 9 April 2020, five employees of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, who were traveling from the Islam Qala border pass to Herat City, were kidnapped and killed by the Taliban in Ahmad Abad village, Kohsan District, Herat Province.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5