Government Department Head Assassinated - Paktika 2019

Incident
Date
May 5, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktika: Yosuf Khel
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.8900601648556

Longitude: 68.9587353965305

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Yosuf Khel
Town/Village
Yosuf Khel, Paktika Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Murder
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Unknown gunmen killed Ghulam Rahman Hamdard, the head of the Department of Work and Social Affairs in Paktika Province. The attackers entered his home where they stabbed and shot the government official. The incident was under investigation at the time of reporting. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1