Appellate Court Judge Killed in Home Invasion - Logar (2019)

Incident
Date
Sep 7, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Logar: Mohammad Agha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.2181063276396

Longitude: 69.0987680923807

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mohammad Agha
Town/Village
Mohammad Agha, Logar 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

An appellate court judge for Paktia Province was killed after several gunmen broke into his home in Mohammad Agha District. The judicial official was targeted at his residence by multiple attackers who forcibly entered the dwelling. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1