KPF Executed Peace Council Member and Five Family Members in Paktia (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ مرغومی ۹
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Paktia: Zurmat
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.4359885654695

Longitude: 69.0310478013903

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Zurmat
Town Village
Zurmat district, Paktia province
Types of Incident
  • Complex attack
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Ground attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On December 30, 2018, Khost Protection Forces entered the home of a provincial peace council member in Zurmat district and systematically executed him and five male members of his family, killing them one after another. This incident represents a mass killing of a family targeted because of the peace council member's position, demonstrating the extreme violence employed by this paramilitary force against civilians.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
6