Rahmatullah Nikzad, an independent journalist, was assassinated in Ghazni

Incident
Date
Jan 21, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Ghazni: Ghazni City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.553649501162

Longitude: 68.4306428259085

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ghazni City
Types of incident
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Rahmatullah Nikzad, a freelance journalist, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ghazni Province, southern Afghanistan, when he was walking from his house to the mosque.

Source_1

https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan-55400923

Source_2

https://www.dw.com/fa-af/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86/a-56012340