Afghan security forces then opened fire on a crowd killing one person and wounded six others

Document
Date
۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Baghlan بغلان: Puli Khumri
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.9468449982272

Longitude: 68.7044167136154

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Puli Khumri
Types of Incident
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan forces
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

Following the announcement of the Parliament election results in Baghlan, angry candidates and their supporters blocked the North Kabul highway in Pul-i-Khumri City. Afghan security forces then opened fire on the crowd to clear the highway and killed one protester and wounded six others. The highway remained closed.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 26-May 2, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-26-may-2.html.