Taxi Driver Killed by Taliban Due to Brother's Military Role - Kunduz (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ زمری ۱۶
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunduz: Khan Abad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.6970331736117

Longitude: 69.1133800930081

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khan Abad
Town Village
Khwaja Pesta area, Khan Abad, Kunduz Province
Types of Incident
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces killed a taxi driver in the Khwaja Pesta area of Khan Abad District. The driver's brother is an Afghan special forces commander. The incident represents a targeted killing of a civilian based on his family relationship to government security personnel.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1