Security Outpost Cook Shot and Killed by Taliban - Kandahar (2020)

Incident
Date
May 12, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Kandahar: Panjwaye
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.5503884901849

Longitude: 65.4612742528685

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Panjwaye
Town/Village
Panjwaye District, Kandahar Province
Types of incident
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 12 May 2020, the Taliban shot and killed a civilian who was working as a cook in a security outpost in Panjwaye District, Kandahar Province. The attackers managed to escape from the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1