Woman Killed in Taliban Mortar Strike on House - Badghis (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 25, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Badghis: Qadis
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.2540541201875

Longitude: 63.4893250717669

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qadis
Town/Village
Kamengi Oliya village, Qadis District, Badghis Province
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Mortar Shell
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 25 April 2020, a mortar struck a house in Kamengi Oliya village, Qadis District, Badghis Province, killing a woman and wounding a child. Local authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2