Civilian Killed in Taliban Convoy Ambush - Takhar 2019

Incident
Date
Apr 20, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Takhar: Khwaja Ghar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 37.2327567504566

Longitude: 69.6079249203343

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khwaja Ghar
Town/Village
Kokcha Bridge area, Khwaja Ghar, Takhar Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces ambushed a convoy of Afghan government forces in the Kokcha Bridge area of Khwaja Ghar district. During the ensuing firefight between the Taliban and Afghan forces, one civilian was killed in the crossfire between the opposing armed groups.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1