Government Employees Kidnapped and Killed by Taliban - Kunduz (2020)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۹ وری ۵
Year of Incident
2020
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 District, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Execution
  • Hostage taking
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Denying a fair trial
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Summary execution
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 24 March 2020, two government employees traveling from Takhar to Kunduz were kidnapped and subsequently killed by the Taliban in the Khwaja Pesta area of Khan Abad District, Kunduz Province.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2