Taliban Gunmen Kill 3 Civilians in Attack on Police Vehicle in Logar (2017)

Incident
Date
Sep 29, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Logar: Mohammad Agha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.2181063276396

Longitude: 69.0987680923807

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mohammad Agha
Town/Village
Mohammad Agha district, Logar province
Types of incident
  • Shooting
  • Small Arms Fires
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On September 29, 2017, Taliban gunmen opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) pickup vehicle when it reached the bazaar in Mohammad Agha district. The attack killed three civilians and injured three others who were engaged in their daily work activities. Six civilians in total suffered casualties during this gun attack that targeted local police forces in a populated market area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
6