Provincial Peace Council Member Assassination - Kandahar (2015)
Document- Date
- ۲۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۳
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Kandahar City
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.6311552979186
Longitude: 65.7419292332302
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Kandahar
- Town Village
- Mosque in Kandahar City, Kandahar Province
- Types of Incident
- Assassination
- Murder
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: February 12, 2015
Location: Mosque in Kandahar City, Kandahar Province
Victims: Haji Sherin Agha, member of the Provincial Peace Council
Perpetrators: Unknown gunmen
Incident Type: Assassination
Claimed Responsibility: No group or individual claimed responsibility
Narrative:
On February 12, 2015, Haji Sherin Agha, a member of the Provincial Peace Council, was assassinated in Kandahar City, Kandahar Province. The incident occurred while Agha was attending prayers at a local mosque. Unknown gunmen carried out the attack. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the assassination.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
[United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Report of the Secretary-General:pg. 5, available at]( https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/SG-report-March2015.pdf