Taliban Kidnap and Execute Female Activist for Alleged Adultery in Takhar (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ مرغومی ۸
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Dashti Qala
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 37.2160783112707
Longitude: 69.5153045654297
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Dashti Qala
- Town Village
- Dashti Qala district, Takhar province
- Types of Incident
- Abduction
- Detention
- Execution
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Targeted Killing
- 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: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Denying a fair trial
- Unknown: Murder
- Unknown: Persecution
- Unknown: Summary execution
- Unknown: Unlawful confinement
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On December 29, 2018, Taliban fighters kidnapped and killed a female activist in Dashti Qala district, accusing her of adultery. This execution represents the Taliban's enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law through extrajudicial killing, while also targeting women engaged in activism and public life.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 1
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