2015 Zabul massacre

Killing of seven Afghan Shia Hazaras January 2023 2015 Zabul massacre Zabul in Afghanistan.svg Zabul Province, Afghanistan 2015 11 09 y Shia Hazaras Genocidal massacre 7 Daesh The 2015 Zabul massacre refers to the killing of seven Afghan Shia Hazaras on 9 November 2015 in the southern Afghan province of Zabul. Hostage-taking and executions Fighters claiming allegiance to the Islamic State took seven members of the Hazara ethnic group hostage in October 2015 in Ghazni and held them in Arghandab District, Zabul Province. The hostages included four men, two women, and a nine-year-old girl, Shukria Tabassum. The hostages were moved 56 times to avoid their rescue by Afghan military forces.Mashal Mujib 2015-11-11 Protest in Kabul for More Security after Seven Hostages Are Beheaded https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/asia/afghanistan-protest-taliban-isis-hazara.html The New York Times 2021-06-03 https://archive.today/20210603211621/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/asia/afghanistan-protest-taliban-isis-hazara.html 2021-06-03 live Two hundred Taliban fighters were involved in battles with the Islamic State group and another insurgent group.Mashal Mujib Shah Taimoor 2015-11-09 Afghan Fighters Loyal to ISIS Beheaded 7 Hostages, Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/world/asia/afghan-fighters-loyal-to-isis-beheaded-7-hostages-officials-say.html The New York Times 2021-06-03 https://archive.today/20210113045532/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/world/asia/afghan-fighters-loyal-to-isis-beheaded-7-hostages-officials-say.html 2021-01-13 live The hostages were executed on 9 November 2015 by the Islamic State groupQazi Shereena 2015-11-10 Afghans protest 'beheadings of ethnic Hazara by ISIL' http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/afghans-protest-killings-hazara-isil-151110135854342.html Al Jazeera 2018-01-24Tharoor Ishaan 2015-11-12 The beheading of a 9-year-old girl prompted huge protests in Afghanistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/12/the-beheading-of-a-9-year-old-girl-prompted-huge-protests-in-afghanistan/ The Washington Post 2018-01-24 Several Western media sources described the execution as a beheading. Martine van Bijlert stated that this was most likely a mistranslation (prs حلال کردن, prs halal kardan), and that the victims' throats had been slit, most likely with kite wire sharpened with glass for kite fighting.van Bijlert Martine 2015-11-12 The 'Zabul Seven' Protests: Who speaks for the victims? https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/the-zabul-seven-protests-who-speaks-for-the-victims afghanistan-analysts.org Afghanistan Analysts Network 2021-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20200131202642/https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/the-zabul-seven-protests-who-speaks-for-the-victims 2020-01-31 dead 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. 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.2015-11-11 UNAMA condemns murder of seven civilians in Zabul https://unama.unmissions.org/unama-condemns-murder-seven-civilians-zabul United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 2021-06-03 https://archive.today/20210604183750/https://unama.unmissions.org/unama-condemns-murder-seven-civilians-zabul 2021-06-04 live Aftermath After the executions the hostages became known as the Zabul Seven. The seven Hazaras killed were identified as Shukuria Tabbasum (9), Gul Pari (45), Sardaro Ali (45), Shaukat Ali (16), Sadiq Ali (18), Mohammad Khan (28) and Mohib Ali (70).2021-07-08 Shukria Tabasoom, Zabul district in Zabul province of Afghanistan https://www.hazaragenocide.com/shukria-tabasoom/ 2025-01-08 Hazara Genocide Archive English, Dari The grassroots Tabassum movement started on 11 November 2015, when about two to twenty2015-11-21 Insurgents Kidnap Over 20 Bus Passengers In Zabul https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/insurgents-kidnap-over-20-bus-passengers-zabul TOLOnews 2021-06-04 https://archive.today/20210604182715/https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/insurgents-kidnap-over-20-bus-passengers-zabul 2021-06-04 live thousand mourners carried the coffins containing the seven bodies to the presidential palace in Kabul, protesting against the lack of security provided by government forces. 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