Taliban Execute Government Employee and Radio Journalist in Farah City (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ مرغومی ۱۵
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Farah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.4474774615319

Longitude: 62.1455285395971

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Farah
Town Village
Outskirts of Farah City, Farah province
Types of Incident
  • Arbitrary Detention
  • Arrest
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Hostage taking
  • 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: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Denying a fair trial
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 5, 2019, Taliban fighters arrested 13 people on the outskirts of Farah City, suspecting them of being government employees. Government employee and local radio journalist Javeed Noori was recognized by the Taliban and executed on the spot. The remaining 12 individuals were taken into custody. This incident represents the Taliban's systematic targeting of government workers and media personnel.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
14