Soldier and Woman Killed in Taliban Attack on District Center - Faryab (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 29, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Faryab: Shirin Tagab
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.2400192189153

Longitude: 64.8634527732246

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shirin Tagab
Town/Village
Shirin Tagab District center, Faryab Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
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 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 29 April 2020, the Taliban attacked the center of Shirin Tagab District, Faryab Province, where clashes continued for six hours. One soldier and one civilian woman were killed in the attack, while an additional 15 civilians and one soldier were wounded before the Taliban were eventually pushed back by Afghan forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
15