Soldier's Family Members Killed by Taliban - Paktika 2019

Incident
Date
May 3, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Unknown
Town/Village
Hassan Khail, Ahman Khail, Paktika Province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces killed the wife and son of a soldier who was deployed with the Afghan Army in Hassan Khail village. The incident represents a targeted killing of military family members by insurgent forces, attacking civilians based on their relationship to government security personnel.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2