Taliban Gunmen Kill District Statistics Director in Shahrak, Ghor (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 26, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Ghor: Shahrak
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1095868964418

Longitude: 64.3060448864378

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shahrak
Town/Village
Shahrak district, Ghor 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)
  • 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 : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 26, 2018, Taliban gunmen shot and killed a civilian who served as the Director of the District Statistics Department in Shahrak district. This targeted assassination represents the Taliban's systematic campaign against government employees and civil servants working in administrative positions.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
1