Police Officer and Civilian Killed in Taliban Convoy Ambush - Balkh (2020)
Incident- Date
- Mar 17, 2020
- Year of incident
- 2020
- Province of incident
- Balkh: Balkh
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.7552664690114
Longitude: 66.896803319564
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Balkh
- Town/Village
- Alamkhel area, Balkh District, Balkh Province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Ground Attack
- 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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On 17 March 2020, the Taliban ambushed a military convoy in the Alamkhel area of Balkh District, Balkh Province. Clashes continued for two hours, resulting in the death of one police officer. Additionally, a civilian was killed in the crossfire.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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