Police Officers Killed in Taliban Attack on Outpost - Daykundi (2020)

Incident
Date
Mar 29, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Daykundi: Kajran
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.2439836828372

Longitude: 65.4634946633304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kajran
Town/Village
Kando area, Kajran District, Daykundi Province, Afghanistan
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Complex Attack
  • Ground Attack
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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 29 March 2020, the Taliban attacked a local police outpost in the Kando area of Kajran District, Daykundi Province, killing four police officers and wounding seven others and one civilian. The Taliban captured the outpost, seizing all weapons and equipment.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1