Civilian Killed in Crossfire During Taliban Attack on Outpost - Herat (2020)

Incident
Date
Mar 18, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Adraskan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6442991272476

Longitude: 62.2681294850427

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Adraskan
Town/Village
Kal-e-Sorkh village, Adraskan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan
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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 18 March 2020, one civilian was killed and another was wounded in crossfire when the Taliban attacked a security outpost in Kal-e-Sorkh village, Adraskan District, Herat Province.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2