Gunfight Between Afghan Soldiers and Police Kills Three in Nangarhar (2019)

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Date
۲۹ دی ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kuz Kunar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5962325495757

Longitude: 70.5749975498388

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kuz Kunar
Town Village
Kuz Kunar (Khewa) district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 19, 2019, an argument between Afghan soldiers and local police officers in Kuz Kunar (Khewa) district escalated into a gunfight. The clash resulted in the deaths of two local police officers and one civilian, while one local police officer was wounded. This incident represents deadly factional violence between different units of Afghan security forces.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4