ISKP Attack on Save The Children Office Kills Five in Nangarhar (2018)

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Date
۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Jalalabad City, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Complex attack
  • Ground attack
  • Shooting
  • 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
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 23, 2018, armed attackers stormed the Save The Children office in Jalalabad City, killing five people. The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for this attack that deliberately targeted humanitarian workers and staff of an international aid organization providing assistance to vulnerable populations.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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ANA

No of victims involved
5