Polio Vaccinator Targeted Killing - Logar 2015

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ غبرگولی ۲۵
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pul-i-Alam
Town Village
Pul-e-Alam District, Logar Province, Afghanistan
Types of Incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 15, 2015, Taliban forces stopped a vehicle in Pul-e-Alam District of Logar Province. They identified and shot a polio vaccinator who was traveling to work, killing the health worker.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 24

No of victims involved
1