Taliban militants killed a health worker

Incident
Date
Jan 20, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Zazi Aryoub
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary of incident

On January 20th, in the Zazi Aryoub district of Paktya province, a health worker was killed as a result of violence linked to the Taliban amid the surge in targeted killings by Taliban across the country.

Source_1

2020 Quarterly Report (released April 2020), Page 4, UNAMA, April 2020, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_2020_first_quarter_report_english_0.pdf