Nine pro-government militia members were killed in a Taliban attack. A child and six militia members were wounded in the fight

Incident
Date
Apr 19, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Sholgara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.3745301064425

Longitude: 66.8965650031188

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sholgara
Town/Village
Dalan
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Pro-government militia
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Summary of incident

Nine pro-government militia members were killed in a Taliban attack in the Dalan area of Sholgara District. A child and six militia members were wounded in the fight, which continued all night and led to the deaths of two Taliban fighters, according to local officials.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html