Police Officer and Civilian Shot and Killed by Gunmen - Paktika (2020)

Incident
Date
May 13, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktika: Sharan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3444843099167

Longitude: 68.7514102324622

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sharan
Town/Village
Sharan City, Paktika Province
Types of incident
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • 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

On 13 May 2020, a police officer and a civilian were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Sharan City, the provincial capital of Paktika Province. The attackers managed to escape from the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1