Fuel Tanker Driver Killed at Taliban Checkpoint - Jowzjan 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 3, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Unknown
Town/Village
Highway between Jowzjan and Balkh, Jowzjan Province
Types of incident
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • 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)
  • 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

Taliban forces killed a fuel tanker driver when he failed to stop at an insurgent checkpoint established along the highway connecting Jowzjan and Balkh provinces. Three additional civilians were wounded by crossfire during the incident. The checkpoint was operated by Taliban insurgents who opened fire on the commercial vehicle when the driver did not comply with their demands to halt.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4