Child Killed by Mortar Shell While Playing - Faryab (2019)

Incident
Date
Aug 6, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Pashtun Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.8322207280925

Longitude: 64.7716331534889

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pashtun Kot
Town/Village
Moqani Village, Pashtun Kot, Faryab Province
Types of incident
  • 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)
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

While children were playing in a house in Moqani Village of Pashtun Kot District, a mortar shell exploded, killing one child and wounding four other civilians, including a woman. The indirect fire weapon detonated among the children as they were engaged in play within the residential area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5