Attack on Catholic Relief Services Workers Kills Three in Ghor (2017)

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Date
۱۲ مرداد ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Ghor: Unknown
Town Village
Ghor province
Types of Incident
  • Ground attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On August 14, 2017, three aid workers with Catholic Relief Services, a non-governmental organization, were killed and two others were injured in an attack on their vehicle in Ghor province. This incident represents a direct assault on humanitarian personnel providing assistance to civilian populations in Afghanistan.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN Secretary-General Report on Afghanistan

No of victims involved
5