The Taliban ambushed the vehicle of an officer of the National Directorate of Security killing both the officer and his driver

Incident
Date
Apr 12, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Gardez
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6047872286604

Longitude: 69.2277714856939

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gardez
Types of incident
  • Ambush
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Summary of incident

The Taliban ambushed the vehicle of an officer of the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, in the Second Police District of Gardez City, the provincial capital, killing both the officer and his driver. An employee of Gardez municipality was also killed in the crossfire.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html