Taliban Assassination of Deputy Director of Islamic Education in Kapisa (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 1, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kapisa: Unknown
Town/Village
Kapisa province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 1, 2017, the deputy director of Islamic education was assassinated in Kapisa province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this targeted killing of an educational official. This attack represents part of the Taliban's systematic targeting of government officials and educational personnel.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

No of victims involved
1