ISKP Attack on Save The Children Office Kills Five in Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Jan 23, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad City, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Complex Attack
  • Ground Attack
  • 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 civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 23, 2018, armed attackers stormed the Save The Children office in Jalalabad City, killing five people. The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for this attack that deliberately targeted humanitarian workers and staff of an international aid organization providing assistance to vulnerable populations.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

ANA

No of victims involved
5