Attack on Government Employees at Border Crossing - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Feb 24, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Unknown
Town/Village
Torkham Border Pass, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Small Arms Fires
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Unknown gunmen opened fire on two government employees at the Torkham Border Pass. One employee was killed and another was wounded in the shooting. The attackers' identities and motives remain unknown, and the incident occurred at the international border crossing facility.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2