Anti-Government Elements Abduct and Execute Two Drivers in Kunar (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ کب ۱
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kunar: Bar Kunar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.0890075288157

Longitude: 71.3666202016488

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Bar Kunar
Town Village
Bar Kunar district, Kunar province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Hostage taking
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • Local Militia
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Enforced disappearance
  • Unknown: Inhuman treatment
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On February 19, 2017, anti-government elements abducted two local drivers from a main road in Bar Kunar district, believing them to be government spies. The victims were held captive for over two months. On May 1, 2017, the captors shot both men dead and left their corpses in the area where they had been initially abducted.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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UN

No of victims involved
2