Soldier Killed and Civilian Wounded in Armed Attack on Security Forces - Helmand (2020)

Document
Date
۲۱ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Helmand: Lashkargah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6109352297402

Longitude: 64.406487844484

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Lashkargah
Town Village
Third Police District, Lashkargah, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 10 May 2020, unknown armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on security forces in the Third Police District of Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand Province, killing one soldier and wounding another, as well as a civilian. The attackers managed to escape from the area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1