Gunfight Between Afghan Soldiers and Police Kills Three in Nangarhar (2019)

Incident
Date
Jan 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kuz Kunar (Khewa)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5962325495757

Longitude: 70.5749975498388

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kuz Kunar (Khewa)
Town/Village
Kuz Kunar (Khewa) district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 19, 2019, an argument between Afghan soldiers and local police officers in Kuz Kunar (Khewa) district escalated into a gunfight. The clash resulted in the deaths of two local police officers and one civilian, while one local police officer was wounded. This incident represents deadly factional violence between different units of Afghan security forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4