The Killing of Khalifa Omar and His Nephew, Ghor (2021)

Incident
Date
Sep 14, 2021
Year of incident
2021
Province of incident
Ghor: Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Firozkoh (Chaghcharan)
Town/Village
Bara Khana
Types of incident
  • Assault
  • Execution
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Security (Police) Command
Regime in place
  • Second Taliban Regime of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On September 14, 2021, Taliban forces killed Khalifa Omar, a renowned commander of the Ghor popular uprisings, and his nephew, Hafizullah, in the Bareh Khana area of Firuzkoh city, the center of Ghor province, Afghanistan. Khalifa Omar had previously lost one of his legs in a mine explosion.

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AHRDO Incident Report

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No of victims involved
2