Jaghatu District Governor Assassination, Ghazni (2015)
Incident- Date
- Oct 20, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Jeghatoo
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.7750907574508
Longitude: 68.364741534513
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Jaghatu
- Town/Village
- En route from Ghazni City to Jaghatu district center
- Types of incident
- Ambush
- Assassination
- Clash
- Murder
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: October 19, 2015
Location: En route from Ghazni City to Jaghatu district center
Victims: Mohammad Daud Hassan, Jaghatu district governor
Perpetrators: Unspecified "enemy" forces
Incident Type: Targeted assassination
Claimed Responsibility: No group claimed responsibility
Narrative:
On October 19, 2015, Mohammad Daud Hassan, the governor of Jaghatu district, was killed in what was described as an "enemy ambush." The incident occurred as Hassan was returning to the district center from Ghazni City in his private vehicle. The exact location of the assassination was not specified, nor was a motive provided for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the killing. However, it was noted that the Taliban were the primary anti-government insurgency group operating in the area at that time.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
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