Religious Scholar Killed on Way to Morning Prayer - Nangarhār 2019

Document
Date
۲۲ خرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Unknown
Town Village
Khewa, Nangarhār Province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A religious scholar was killed by armed men while he was traveling to the mosque for morning prayer in Khewa. The attack targeted the religious leader as he was making his way to conduct prayers at the local mosque. The identities of the perpetrators remain unspecified.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1