A large group of prisoners were attempting to escape from the central prison leading to a clash between. Two police officers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack

Document
Date
۲۳ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Gardez
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.6047872286604

Longitude: 69.2277714856939

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gardez
Types of Incident
  • Light Weapon Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Killing
Summary

A large group of prisoners were attempting to escape from the central prison in Gardez City, the provincial capital, leading to a clash between the prisoners and police forces trying to stop them. Two police officers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack, while two prisoners were also wounded. Most of the prisoners are members of the Taliban.

Sources

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