Anti-Government Elements Kill Healthcare Professional in Khost (2017)
Incident- Date
- Oct 10, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Khost: Tere Zayi (Ali Sher)
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.5415279712734
Longitude: 70.1712496084457
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Tere Zayi (Ali Sher)
- Town/Village
- Tere Zayi district, Khost province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 10, 2017, anti-government elements stopped a healthcare professional from a mobile medical team while he was riding a motorcycle in Tere Zayi district. The attackers opened fire and killed the healthcare worker, who was providing medical services to the community. This incident represents a targeted attack against humanitarian personnel engaged in life-saving healthcare activities.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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