Afghan security forces then opened fire on a crowd killing one person and wounded six others

Incident
Date
Apr 26, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Baghlan: Puli Khumri
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.9468449982272

Longitude: 68.7044167136154

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Puli Khumri
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

Following the announcement of the Parliament election results in Baghlan, angry candidates and their supporters blocked the North Kabul highway in Pul-i-Khumri City. Afghan security forces then opened fire on the crowd to clear the highway and killed one protester and wounded six others. The highway remained closed.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 26-May 2, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-26-may-2.html.