On January 8, 2001, Taliban forces initiate a four-day massacre of 300 civilian adult males, primarily Hazara, including staff members of local humanitarian organizations.

The men are herded to assembly points, and then shot by firing squad in public view.

According to Human Rights Watch, about 170 men are confirmed to have been killed.

According to Amnesty International, eyewitnesses report the deliberate killing of dozens of civilians hiding in a mosque: Taliban soldiers fire rockets into a mosque where some 73 women, children, and elderly men had taken shelter.