Afghanistan: Members of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) kidnapped
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Sep 18, 2010
- Event Description
On 18 September 2010, the bodies of three members of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) kidnapped in Balkh province during voting on Saturday have been found. Taliban militants had vowed to disrupt the vote for the lower houses of parliament. The discovery of the bodies means at least 17 people were killed on election day in about 445 violent incidents. It comes as a monitoring group raised serious concerns about electoral fraud.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Violation
- Abduction/Kidnapping
- Rights Concerned
- Right to life
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 36.7501
Longitude: 66.8978
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 18 September 2010, the bodies of three members of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) kidnapped in Balkh province during voting on Saturday have been found. Taliban militants had vowed to disrupt the vote for the lower houses of parliament. The discovery of the bodies means at least 17 people were killed on election day in about 445 violent incidents. It comes as a monitoring group raised serious concerns about electoral fraud.