Demining Personnel Mass Abduction - Paktia (2015)
Document- Date
- ۱۹ آوریل ۲۰۱۵
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Paktia: Zurmat
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 33.4359885654695
Longitude: 69.0310478013903
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Zurmat
- Town Village
- Zurmat District, Paktia Province
- Types of Incident
- Abduction
- Clash
- Detention
- Hostage taking
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Taking hostages
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: April 19, 2015
Location: Zurmat District, Paktia Province
Victims: Nineteen demining employees of Sterling Global
Perpetrators: Unknown
Incident Type: Mass kidnapping
Narrative:
On April 19, 2015, nineteen demining employees working for Sterling Global were kidnapped in Zurmat District of Paktia Province. The abduction occurred shortly after the workers had begun their demining operations. The victims were taken to an unknown location. The perpetrators of the kidnapping remain unidentified.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 19