Civilian Killed in Taliban Convoy Ambush - Takhar 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ وری ۳۱
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Takhar: Khwaja Ghar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 37.2327567504566

Longitude: 69.6079249203343

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khwaja Ghar
Town Village
Kokcha Bridge area, Khwaja Ghar, Takhar Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
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: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces ambushed a convoy of Afghan government forces in the Kokcha Bridge area of Khwaja Ghar district. During the ensuing firefight between the Taliban and Afghan forces, one civilian was killed in the crossfire between the opposing armed groups.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1