Civilian Killed in Taliban Attack on Village - Balkh (2020)

Incident
Date
May 11, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Dihdadi
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7525317111973

Longitude: 67.3326301037645

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Dihdadi
Town/Village
Machin-e-Nigari village, Dihdadi District, Balkh Province
Types of incident
  • Ground Attack
  • Targeted Killing
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)
  • Pro-government militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 11 May 2020, the Taliban attacked Machin-e-Nigari village in Dihdadi District, Balkh Province, killing one civilian and wounding three pro-government militia members.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1