Tribal Elders Multiple Attacks - Paktika (2015)

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Date
۱ فروردین ۱۴۰۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Paktika: Zarghun Shahr
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.8525242879292

Longitude: 68.4550727921519

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Zarghun Shahr
Town Village
Zarghun Shahr District, Paktika Province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militant
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Date: March 21, 2015

Location: Zarghun Shahr (also named as Khairkot or Katawaz) District, Paktika Province

Victims:

Matin (tribal elder)

Babu (tribal elder)

Sayed Adil (tribal elder)

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Targeted attack and mine blast

Narrative:

On March 21, 2015, three tribal elders were killed in separate incidents in Zarghun Shahr District of Paktika Province. Tribal elder Matin was killed in a targeted attack by unknown perpetrators. In a separate incident, tribal elders Babu and Sayed Adil were killed in a mine blast in the same district.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
3