Taliban Abduction of Forty Bus Passengers near Kunduz Capital (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ غبرگولی ۱۹
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kunduz: Kunduz city
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7971548392469

Longitude: 68.8574981689453

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kunduz
Town Village
Near Kunduz provincial capital
Types of Incident
  • Abduction
  • Hostage taking
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Taking hostages
  • Unknown: Unlawful confinement
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 8, 2016, Taliban fighters stopped a bus traveling on a highway near the Kunduz provincial capital and abducted 40 passengers. The militants forcibly removed the travelers from the vehicle during this mass kidnapping incident.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
40