Former Police Commander and Tribal Elder Killed by Gunmen - Paktia (2019)

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Date
۲۸ مهر ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Gardez
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.6047872286604

Longitude: 69.2277714856939

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gardez
Town Village
Gardiz City, Paktia Province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

In the northern part of Gardiz City, the provincial capital, unknown gunmen killed a tribal elder who had previously been commander of Afghan local police forces in Said Karam District. The incident represents a targeted assassination of a community leader who had served in law enforcement roles.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1