Taliban Target and Kill Anti-Taliban Mullah at Wedding Party in Samangan (2018)
Incident- Date
- Apr 29, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Samangan: Aybak
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.317421892101
Longitude: 67.9627965148858
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Aybak
- Town/Village
- Aybak district, Samangan province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- 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)
- 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 : Killing
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On April 29, 2018, Taliban fighters deliberately opened fire at a wedding party in Aybak district, targeting a mullah who was known for preaching against the Taliban. The attack killed the religious leader and one woman, while injuring two other women who were attending the celebration. This incident represents the targeted assassination of a religious figure who opposed Taliban ideology.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 2
sorted by
Date added
0 relationships, 0 entities