Shooting Death of International Red Cross Staff Member in Balkh Province (2017)

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Date
۲۰ شهریور ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Balkh: Balkh
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7552664690114

Longitude: 66.896803319564

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Balkh
Town Village
Balkh province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Local Militia
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On September 11, 2017, a staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was shot and killed in Balkh province. The identity of the attacker remains unknown, and no group claimed responsibility for this targeted killing of a humanitarian worker.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Un Secretary-General Report on Afghanistan

No of victims involved
1