Former Journalist and Parliament Employee Assassinated - Kabul 2019

Incident
Date
May 11, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, Kabul
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)
  • 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

Meena Mangal, a former journalist and current employee of the Afghan parliament, was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Kabul. The victim worked in both media and government sectors before being targeted in the capital. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1