ANA Soldier Shoots Two Civilians at Checkpoint in Shindand, Herat (2017)
Incident- Date
- Feb 4, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Herat: Shindand
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.3076937798311
Longitude: 62.1365497076623
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Shindand
- Town/Village
- Shindand district, Herat province
- Types of incident
- Shooting
- Small Arms Fires
- 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)
- Other
- 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 February 4, 2017, an Afghan National Army soldier shot and injured two civilian men near a checkpoint in Shindand district. The incident occurred when the civilians disembarked from their vehicles while traveling to a picnic. This case represents the misuse of force by government security personnel against civilians engaged in ordinary activities.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 2
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