Judge Shot After Attending Wedding - Paktia (2019)

Incident
Date
Oct 18, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Ahmadabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5681636258744

Longitude: 61.3204339621091

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ahmadabad
Town/Village
Ahmadabad, Paktia 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • 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

A judge who had traveled from Awrgon District to take part in a wedding party was shot and killed next to his home in Ahmadabad District. The judicial official was targeted at his residence after returning from the wedding celebration. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1