Summary executions in Ismail, Shahmard and Boldiyon

Document
Incident date
February-March 2000
Year of Incident
2000
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Gosfandi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.2215966088889

Longitude: 65.9277670687403

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gosfandi
Town Village
Ismail, Shahmard and Boldiyon
Types of Incident
  • Arrest
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Harakat-e Islami Afghanistan (HIA)
  • Hizb-e Jabhe Milli Nejat Afghanistan (HJMNA)
  • Hizb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan (HWIA)
  • Ittehad-e Islami Afghanistan (ISA)
  • Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (JIA)
  • Junbish-e Milli Islami Afghanistan (JMIA)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Denying a fair trial
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan (ISA)
Summary

After the retreat of the opposition from Ismail, six elders of the area went to meet the Taliban. They met a patrol of Taliban fighters in the village. The mullah introduced himself and was shot dead. The other five men were interrogated. Those who called themselves Hazara were killed in the spot. These were Baz Mohammed son of Murad and Gul Bai, son of Qurban. The other three, who called themselves Syeds or Tajiks, were spared.

Sources

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/casting-shadows-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-1978-2001

No of victims involved
3