Assassination of Prominent Shia Cleric Sheikh Jafar Tawakkoli in Herat City (2018)
Incident- Date
- Jun 23, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Herat: Herat City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.3494235694824
Longitude: 62.1891939162627
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Herat City
- Town/Village
- 64-Metre Road area, Herat City, Herat province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On June 23, 2018, armed men killed Sheikh Jafar Tawakkoli as he was returning home from mosque after prayers in the 64-Metre Road area of Herat City. Sheikh Tawakkoli was an important local Shia cleric who owned a radio station called Hekmat (Wisdom), represented Ayatollah Hakim (an influential Shia ayatollah based in Iraq), and was a member of the Shia ulama council. The identity of his attackers remains unknown. This assassination represents a targeted killing of a prominent religious leader from the Shia minority community.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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