Farmer Killed for Refusing to Pay Police Tax - Takhar 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ چنگاښ ۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Takhar: Dashti Qala
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 37.2160783112707

Longitude: 69.5153045654297

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dashti Qala
Town Village
Nawabad Village, Dashti Qala, Takhar Province
Types of Incident
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Extortion
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A local police officer killed a farmer and wounded his brother after the farmer refused to pay a tax demanded by the local police in Nawabad Village. The incident occurred when the farmer declined to make the payment to the police officer, who then opened fire on the family members.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1