Taliban Gunmen Kill District Statistics Director in Shahrak, Ghor (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ لړم ۴
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Ghor: Shahrak
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1095868964418

Longitude: 64.3060448864378

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Shahrak
Town Village
Shahrak district, Ghor province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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
  • Unknown: Persecution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On October 26, 2018, Taliban gunmen shot and killed a civilian who served as the Director of the District Statistics Department in Shahrak district. This targeted assassination represents the Taliban's systematic campaign against government employees and civil servants working in administrative positions.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
1