Religious Scholars Shot Dead in Surkh Rod, Nangarhar (2017)

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Date
۲۴ دی ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Surkh Rod
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4124411566578

Longitude: 70.3160950249599

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Surkh Rod
Town Village
Surkh Rod district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • 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
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 13, 2017, anti-government elements shot and killed two religious scholars in Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province. No specific group claimed responsibility for the targeted killings of these religious figures.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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UN

No of victims involved
2