Engineers Building School Killed in Taliban Ambush - Logar 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ چنگاښ ۴
Year of Incident
2019
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-i-Alam City, Logar Province
Types of Incident
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Two engineers working for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs were killed in a Taliban ambush in Pol-e-Alam City. The engineers were working on the construction of a school in the provincial capital when they were targeted by insurgent forces. The attack specifically targeted government workers involved in educational infrastructure development.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2