Journalist Yaqoob Sharafat Shot Dead Outside Clinic in Qalat, Zabul (2016)

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Date
۲۶ مهر ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Zabul: Qalat
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.1034408434785

Longitude: 66.9057939539857

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qalat
Town Village
Qalat, Zabul province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • 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 crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On October 17, 2016, Afghan journalist Yaqoob Sharafat was shot dead by unknown gunmen as he was leaving a clinic with his wife in Qalat. No group claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of the media professional.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
1