Civilian Workers and Highway Travelers Killed - Ghazni 2019

Document
Date
۱۳ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Dih Yak
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5926115515727

Longitude: 68.7198470554483

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dih Yak
Qarabagh
Town Village
Dih Yak and Qarabagh, Ghazni Province
Types of Incident
  • 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
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Two civilians from Paktia Province who were working in Ghazni's Dih Yak District were killed by an unknown insurgent group. On the same day in Qarabagh District, Taliban forces shot and killed three civilians on a highway and wounded two others. The incidents represent separate attacks targeting both migrant workers and highway travelers in different districts of Ghazni Province.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7