Militia Members and Civilians Killed in Taliban Village Attack - Jowzjan (2020)

Incident
Date
May 13, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Aqcha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.9015229759053

Longitude: 66.1824067934307

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Aqcha
Town/Village
Aqcha Numa village, Aqcha District, Jowzjan Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground 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 civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 13 May 2020, the Taliban attacked Aqcha Numa village in Aqcha District, Jowzjan Province, killing two pro-government militia members while wounding four others, plus two civilians. Local authorities claimed that five Taliban fighters were killed.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2