Police Officers Killed in Taliban Attack on Outpost - Daykundi (2020)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۹ وری ۱۰
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Daykundi: Kajran
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.2439836828372

Longitude: 65.4634946633304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kajran
Town Village
Kando area, Kajran District, Daykundi Province, Afghanistan
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Complex attack
  • Ground attack
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: Destruction and appropriation of property
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 29 March 2020, the Taliban attacked a local police outpost in the Kando area of Kajran District, Daykundi Province, killing four police officers and wounding seven others and one civilian. The Taliban captured the outpost, seizing all weapons and equipment.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1