Taliban Killed Acting District Governor Subhanullah Khetab in Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Jun 18, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Unknown
Town/Village
Ghanikhel district, Nangarhar 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 : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 18, 2018, Taliban fighters shot and killed Subhanullah Khetab, the acting governor of Ghanikhel district in Nangarhar province, as he was driving to his office. This targeted assassination of a government official occurred just days after the end of the Eid ceasefire between the government and the Taliban.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

AAN

No of victims involved
1