Soldier's Family Members Killed by Taliban - Paktika 2019

Document
Date
۱۳ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Unknown
Town Village
Hassan Khail, Ahman Khail, Paktika Province
Types of Incident
  • Execution
  • 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

Taliban forces killed the wife and son of a soldier who was deployed with the Afghan Army in Hassan Khail village. The incident represents a targeted killing of military family members by insurgent forces, attacking civilians based on their relationship to government security personnel.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2