Incident Summary:

03/12/2019: Assailants attacked a National Uprising Movement (NUM) checkpoint in Turkman Qadoq, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. At least one NUM member was killed and three other members were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.

GTD ID:
201903120029

When:
2019-03-12

Country:
Afghanistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jawzjan

City:
Turkman Qadoq

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Terrorists/Non-state Militia
Name of Entity National Uprising Movement (NUM)
Specific Description Checkpoint
Nationality of Target Afghanistan
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Taliban No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 3 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 3
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Seven security personnel killed, nine injured separately," Frontier Post, March 13, 2019.