Law Faculty Activist Assassination - Kandahar (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 21, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kandahar
Town/Village
Kandahar City, Kandahar Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 21, 2015

Location: Kandahar city, Kandahar Province

Victims: Rahmatullah (law student and young activist at Kandahar University)

Perpetrators: Allegedly Taliban

Incident Type: Targeted assassination

Narrative:

On April 21, 2015, Rahmatullah, a young activist and law student at Kandahar University, was allegedly assassinated by Taliban forces in Kandahar city, Kandahar Province.

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AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
1