Hazara Genocide Archive

Ashkar Abad vilage, Sharistan district, Daikundi province of Afghanistan

On Thursday night, August 22, 2024, at around 11 p.m., four individuals, two armed with Kalashnikovs and the other two carrying large daggers, entered Sher Ali's house while Sher Ali himself was not present. These four individuals, who were speaking Pashto, asked Gol Jan, daughter of Ghulam Hussain (Sher Ali's wife), and Abdul Ghafoor, son of Jafar (Sher Ali's son-in-law), about Sher Ali's whereabouts. When they realized Sher Ali was not home, they shot Gol Jan and her son-in-law Abdul Ghafoor. Gol Jan was hit by one bullet in the chest, which exited through her shoulder, while Abdul Ghafoor was shot a total of nine times, once in the head and the rest in the chest and abdomen. Both victims died on the spot.