2015 Zabul beheading

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2015 Zabul Beheading
Zabul in Afghanistan.svg
LocationZabul, Afghanistan
DateNovember 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)
Attack type
Beheading and Shooting
Deaths7

The 2015 Zabul beheading refers to the killing of seven Afghan Shia Hazaras on 9 November 2015 in the southern Afghan province of Zabul.[1][2]

Hostage-taking and executions[]

Fighters claiming allegiance to Islamic State took seven members of the Hazara ethnic group hostage in October 2015 in Ghazni and held them in the Arghandab district of Zabul Province. The hostages included four men, two women, and a nine-year-old girl, Shukria Tabassum.[1] The hostages were moved 56 times to avoid their rescue by Afghan military forces.[3] Two hundred Taliban fighters were involved in battles with the Islamic State group and another insurgent group.[4]

The hostages were executed on 9 November 2015 by the Islamic State group[1][2] Several western media sources described the execution as a beheading. Martine van Bijlert stated that this was most likely a mistranslation (Dari: halal kardan), and that the victims' throats had been slit, most likely with kite wire sharpened with glass for kite fighting.[5]

The victims were later found by the Taliban. Local elders helped arrange for the bodies to be transferred to a hospital in territory controlled by the Afghan government.[4]

Legal status[]

Nicholas Haysom, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, stated that the killings could constitute war crimes. UNAMA commented that the hostage-taking and murder of civilians are serious violations of humanitarian law.[6]

Aftermath[]

The grassroots Tabassum movement started on 11 November 2015, when about two[3] to twenty[7] thousand mourners carried the coffins containing the seven deceased to the presidential palace in Kabul, protesting against the lack of security provided by government forces.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Qazi, Shereena (2015-11-10). "Afghans protest 'beheadings of ethnic Hazara by ISIL'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "The beheading of a 9-year-old girl prompted huge protests in Afghanistan". Washington Post. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ^ a b c Mashal, Mujib (2015-11-11). "Protest in Kabul for More Security after Seven Hostages Are Beheaded". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  4. ^ a b Mashal, Mujib; Shah, Taimoor (2015-11-09). "Afghan Fighters Loyal to ISIS Beheaded 7 Hostages, Officials Say". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  5. ^ van Bijlert, Martine (2015-11-12). "The 'Zabul Seven' Protests: Who speaks for the victims?". Afghanistan Analysts. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  6. ^ "UNAMA condemns murder of seven civilians in Zabul". UNAMA. 2015-11-11. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  7. ^ "Insurgents Kidnap Over 20 Bus Passengers In Zabul". TOLOnews. 2015-11-21. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-06-04.


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