Title: NPR Journalist and Translator Killed During Taliban Attack in Marjah, Helmand (2016)

Document
Date
۱۶ خرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Helmand: Nad Ali
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6673540035581

Longitude: 64.2602323537188

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Nad Ali
Town Village
Near Marjah, Nad Ali district, Helmand province
Types of Incident
  • Ambush
  • Ground attack
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 5, 2016, David Gilkey, an NPR photographer and video editor, and his Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed when the Afghan Army unit they were traveling with came under Taliban fire near Marjah in Helmand Province. The journalists were embedded with Afghan forces when the attack occurred.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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NRP

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2