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[Title], was born in [year of birth], in [village/town if available], [province]. [Title] was a/an [profession] and belonged to the [etnicity] community. [Title] was killed on [date of incident] in [place of incident], [province of incident].

Addtional information

  • Education

  • Marital Status

    Married

  • Province of birth

    Yakawlang

  • Village of birth

  • Perpetrator Regime

  • Conflict Parties

  • Type of incident

  • Related incident

Incident description

On January 7, 2001, the Taliban attacked the Yakaolang district of Bamiyan province and massacred hundreds of Hazara civilians. Many of those who managed to escape and take refuge on the mountains froze to death. On the 8th of January, Taliban members began a house-to-house search across the district. The massacre of Hazaras continued through the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January. At least 300 Hazaras were either summerly executed or deliberately killed by the Taliban.

Source

Afghan War Casualty Report: June 28-July 4, Fahim Abed, New York Times,

Alleged type of harm

11

  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

11

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • 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: Forcibly transferring children
  • Act of genocide: Imposing measures intended to prevent births
  • Act of genocide: Killing

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Incident geolocation

  • Province

    Bamyan: Yakawlang

  • Latitude

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  • Longitude

    Longitude numbers

Witness/Survivor Statement