Parliamentary Candidate and Others Killed by Gunmen - Khost (2020)

Document
Date
۲۴ خرداد ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Khost: Unknown
Town Village
Ali Sher District, Khost Province
Types of Incident
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 13 June 2020, gunmen killed eight people in Ali Sher District, Khost Province, including Abdul Wali Ekhlas, a candidate in the previous year's parliamentary elections.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
8