Roadside Bomb Kills Journalist Naimatullah Zaheer in Helmand (2016)

Document
Date
۱۴ آبان ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Helmand: Lashkargah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6109352297402

Longitude: 64.406487844484

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Lashkargah
Town Village
Lashkargah, Helmand province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
  • Targeted Killing
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On November 4, 2016, Afghan journalist Naimatullah Zaheer was killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Lashkargah. Another journalist was wounded in the same incident. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted media professionals.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2