Taliban Rocket Attack on Police Outpost Kills Four Civilians in Kandahar (2018)
Incident- Date
- Oct 4, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Maruf
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.5717659005652
Longitude: 67.034179107037
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Maruf
- Town/Village
- Eshaqzo village, Maruf district, Kandahar province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Explosion
- Ground Attack
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Rocket 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)
- 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 4, 2018, Taliban fighters attacked a police outpost in Eshaqzo village, killing one police officer and wounding three others. During the assault, rockets fired by the Taliban struck a civilian house, killing four civilians and wounding eight others. This incident demonstrates how attacks on military targets in populated areas result in civilian casualties when weapons miss their intended targets or when civilians are caught in the crossfire.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 12
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