Shiite Religious Scholar Killed by Taliban - Paktika 2019
Incident- Date
- Jul 5, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Kunduz: Kunduz city
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.5082186198022
Longitude: 68.3410455750978
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Waza KhwaKunduz
- Town/Village
- Balochha, Kunduz City, Kunduz
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Murder
- 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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Act of genocide: Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Abdul Qayyum Ansari, a Shiite religious scholar, was killed by Taliban forces in Sarwandi village. The incident represents a targeted killing of a religious leader from the Shiite community by insurgent forces.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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