Civilian Killed in Taliban Ambush of Security Forces - Ghōr (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ لړم ۱۹
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Chaghcharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chaghcharan
Town Village
Dahan-e-Alander village, Firozkoh, Ghōr 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

A civilian man was killed during a clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Dahan-e-Alander village in Firozkoh, the provincial capital. The fighting began when Taliban forces ambushed a convoy of security forces in the area. The civilian was caught in the crossfire between the opposing forces.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1