Woman Killed While Sleeping in Taliban Mortar Attack - Ghōr (2019)

Incident
Date
Oct 21, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Charsada
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.9206526470107

Longitude: 65.2911753543038

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Charsada
Town/Village
Mang village, Charsada, Ghōr Province
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Mortar Shell
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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces launched several mortars on Mang village in Charsada District, killing a 22-year-old woman who was sleeping in her home when one of the shells struck. The indirect fire weapon hit the residential dwelling, resulting in the death of the civilian inside her house.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1