Taliban Assassinate Deputy District Governor in Gosfandi, Sar-e Pul (2019)

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Date
۱۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Gosfandi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.2215966088889

Longitude: 65.9277670687403

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gosfandi
Town Village
Gosfandi district, Sare Pol province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On February 2, 2019, Taliban fighters shot and killed the Gosfandi deputy district governor as he was returning home from evening prayer. Pro-government militia members present in the area killed one of the attackers during the incident. This represents a targeted assassination of a local government official by the Taliban.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1