Mortar Attack on Residential House Causing Civilian Casualties in Nawzad District, Helmand Province (2015)
Incident- Date
- Jan 5, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Nawzad
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.4058338867373
Longitude: 64.4705628938004
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Nawzad
- Town/Village
- Nawzad District, Helmand Province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Mortar Shell
- Murder
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Destruction and appropriation of property
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Wilful killing
- War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Second Taliban Regime of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: January 5, 2015
Location: Nawzad District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Victims:
Three civilians killed (including one woman, identities not provided) Two civilians injured (identities not provided)
Perpetrators: Anti-government armed group
Incident Type: Mortar attack on civilian target
Claimed Responsibility: None specified
Narrative:
On January 5, 2015, a mortar attack was carried out on a residential house in the Nawzad district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The attack resulted in the deaths of three civilians, including one woman, and injuries to two other civilians. The attack was attributed to anti-government armed groups operating in the area. While the specific group responsible was not named in initial reports, it was noted that the Taliban was the primary armed group fighting against the government in Helmand province at that time. The exact circumstances surrounding the attack, including the specific intended target and the identities of those responsible, were not clearly established in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 5