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Ali Dost Shams

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Ground Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    1981

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Lalchak لعلچک

  • Province of birth:

    Ghazni: Malistan

  • Gender:

    Male

  • Ethnicity:

    Hazara

  • Education:

    Master's degree

  • Date of the main incident:

    April 12, 2018

  • Place of the main incident:

    Khwaja Umari خواجه عمری

  • Related incident:

Incident description

On the morning of April 12, 2018, the Taliban commenced a bloody attack on the district centre of Khwaja Umari, Ghana Province. Ali Dost Shams, the educated district governor of Khwaja Umari, and 20 brave soldiers were martyred. 12 other soldiers were wounded.

Source

BBC طلوع نیوز

Alleged type of harm

  • Psychological costs: Experienced scenes of clashes and violence
  • Psychological costs: Faces traumas and anxiety
  • Psychological costs: Have been otherwise mentally, emotionally and psychologically harmed and affected
  • Psychological costs: Seen people killed and injured or tortured
  • Human costs: Injured
  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • Crime against humanity: Murder

Ali Dost Shams

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Ghazni: Khwaja Umari

  • Latitude:

    33.6889660495092

  • Longitude:

    68.4011996924613

Latitude: 33.6889660495092

Longitude: 68.4011996924613

Witness/Survivor Statement

No statement