Religious Scholars Shot Dead in Surkh Rod, Nangarhar (2017)

Incident
Date
Jan 13, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Surkh Rod
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4124411566578

Longitude: 70.3160950249599

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Surkh Rod
Town/Village
Surkh Rod district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 13, 2017, anti-government elements shot and killed two religious scholars in Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province. No specific group claimed responsibility for the targeted killings of these religious figures.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
2