Human Rights Workers Killed in Vehicle Bomb Attack - Kabul (2020)

Incident
Date
Jun 27, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul, Kabul Province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 27 June 2020, two people working for Afghanistan's human rights body were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul, Kabul Province. A homemade explosive device was attached to their vehicle.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
2