Journalist Yaqoob Sharafat Shot Dead Outside Clinic in Qalat, Zabul (2016)

Incident
Date
Oct 17, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Zabul: Qalat
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.1034408434785

Longitude: 66.9057939539857

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qalat
Town/Village
Qalat, Zabul 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 17, 2016, Afghan journalist Yaqoob Sharafat was shot dead by unknown gunmen as he was leaving a clinic with his wife in Qalat. No group claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of the media professional.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
1