Policewoman Summary Execution - Badakhshan (2015)

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Incident date
August 2015
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Badakhshan: Shuhada
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 37.1601797413401

Longitude: 71.0623168945312

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Shuhada
Town Village
Lab Dara Village, Shuhada district, Badakhshan Province
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Assassination
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • 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: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

In August 2015, anti-government elements conducted a home invasion in Lab Dara Village, Shuhada district of Badakhshan Province. The perpetrators executed a policewoman and her husband by firing squad inside their home, forcing the couple's children to witness the killings. The female victim worked at the police headquarters in Baharak District.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
2