Introduction: Targeted assassinations involve killing a suspect or member of a terrorist organization by hanging them up. However, justifying a targeted killing is the most vital and difficult part since an individual is killed without proven guilt. There are many views on targeted killings, some believe that it is a legitimate act of counterterrorism for planned and pre-publicized terrorist acts or "self-defense", while others others believe that it was more of an extrajudicial execution (Kretzmer, 2005, p. 188). For example, if Afghan intelligence discovered credible information that an individual outside the country was planning an attack against Afghanistan or its citizens. Afghan intelligence services may request that country to arrest the individual. However, there are concerns that the individual may not be arrested or extradited and may be planning further risks and attacks against Afghanistan. The question is: should the Afghan government be allowed to kill the suspect on foreign territory without even attempting to arrest him? The government has a monopoly on the use of force against a citizen, but this is reserved by domestic and international human rights. Targeted killings have created tensions between viewing terrorism as a crime or as war. Under law enforcement, individuals would be punished once proven guilty. The individual will be tried in court and will benefit from protections. So there should be ways to fix this problem or at least justify why these people are being targeted or killed. There is another question: what means should be used to resolve this problem, national law or international law? To my knowledge, there are several reasons why the middle of paper regulations... the innocent. Applying targeted killings through international law is risky and typically takes civilian lives. However, there are many advantages to applying national law. As mentioned previously, we will apply national law to targeted killings for certain reasons such as acceptance of the principles of legality, not undermining the legitimacy of the State and its constitution, the distinction between civilians and combatants . However, national law also has some disadvantages, such as corruption that can corrupt this process as well as the time spent on it. Therefore, enforcing targeted killings through domestic law is preferable to international law. Works Cited Kretzmer, D. (2005). Targeted killings of suspected terrorists: extrajudicial killings or legitimate defenses. Targeted killings as active self-defense: Noah Feldman.