Unknown gunmen killed the head of the Department of Work and Social Affairs

Document
Date
۱۵ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktika: Yosuf Khel
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.8900601648556

Longitude: 68.9587353965305

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Yosuf Khel
Types of Incident
  • Light Weapon Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary

Unknown gunmen killed Ghulam Rahman Hamdard, the head of the Department of Work and Social Affairs in the province. Attackers entered his home, then stabbed and shot him. The incident is under investigation.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 3-9, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.