Taliban Abduct Twenty Election Staff Members in Jowzjan (2018)

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Date
۱۳ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Mardyan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.9983451453401

Longitude: 66.3062065937643

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Mardyan
Town Village
Mardyan district, Jowzjan province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Arrest
  • Hostage taking
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: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Enforced disappearance
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Threats against civilians
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 3, 2018, Taliban forces in Mardyan district abducted 20 election staff members and threatened to kill them. The Taliban released 17 of the staff after they agreed not to work on the elections. The fate of the remaining three election workers remained unknown at the time of reporting. This incident represents systematic intimidation of electoral personnel to disrupt democratic processes.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
20