Security Forces and Civilian Killed in Taliban Attack on Outpost - Balkh (2020)

Incident
Date
May 14, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Dawlatabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.9829685852614

Longitude: 66.7979901526113

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Dawlat Abad
Town/Village
Maidan Hawai area, Dawlat Abad District, Balkh 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 14 May 2020, the Taliban attacked a security outpost in the Maidan Hawai area of Dawlat Abad District, Balkh Province, killing two police officers and three soldiers after ambushing reinforcements. Four more security forces were wounded and three Humvees were destroyed. One civilian was killed in the crossfire while another, a teenager, was wounded.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1