Taliban Assassination of Army General Khan Agha in Kandahar (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ وری ۶
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kandahar: Dand
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6603585946358

Longitude: 65.3597259521484

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dand
Town Village
Dand District, Kandahar
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Ground attack
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 25, 2016, Taliban militants assassinated Khan Agha, an Afghan army general, in southern Afghanistan. During the attack, the general's 17-year-old son was also injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of a high-ranking military official.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2