Killing of BBC Journalist in n Khost province (2018)

Incident
Date
Apr 30, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Khost: Khost Matun
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.364907751047

Longitude: 69.942398071289

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khost (Matun)
Types of incident
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Ahmad Shah, a 29-year-old reporter with the BBC’s Afghan service, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Khost province.

Source_1

https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan-43951780#:~:text=%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%8C%20%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%20%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C,%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%20%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%20%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%20%D8%B4%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA%20%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF.

Source_2

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/30/asia/afghanistan-kabul-blasts-intl/index.html