Unknown Gunmen Assassinate Provincial Court Employee in Kandahar City (2019)

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Date
۱۵ دی ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kandahar
Town Village
Kandahar City, Kandahar 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)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 5, 2019, unknown armed men on a motorcycle shot and killed an employee of the Kandahar provincial court in Kandahar City. The attackers escaped after the shooting. This targeted killing represents an assault on judicial personnel and the court system.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1