Woman Killed in Taliban Attack on Security Checkpoint - Herat (2020)

Incident
Date
May 14, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Ghoryan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3405171328293

Longitude: 61.4998472752103

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ghoryan
Town/Village
Sarak-e-Naw village, Ghoryan District, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 14 May 2020, Taliban fighters on a motorcycle opened fire on security forces at a checkpoint in Sarak-e-Naw village, Ghoryan District, Herat Province, killing one woman and wounding two civilians and two police officers.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3