Army Mortar Strike Kills 3 Children During Convoy Ambush in Jowzjan (2018)
Incident- Date
- Oct 3, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Fayzabad
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 37.1024830614492
Longitude: 70.5532115197076
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Fayzabad
- Town/Village
- Fayzabad district, Jowzjan province
- Types of incident
- Ambush
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Mortar Shell
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 3, 2018, an army convoy was ambushed in Fayzabad district. During the ensuing fighting, soldiers fired a mortar that struck a house in the area, killing three children and wounding two others. This incident demonstrates how civilian casualties occur when military operations and fighting take place in populated areas.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 5