Mortar Explosion Kills Four Civilians in Herat (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 20, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Herat: Chishti Sharif
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3406961521371

Longitude: 63.7532232847663

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chishti Sharif
Town/Village
Chishti Sharif district, Herat province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • 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
  • Unknown
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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 20, 2018, a mortar exploded in Chishti Sharif district, killing four civilians and wounding three others. The source of the mortar and circumstances of the explosion were not specified. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by indirect fire weapons in a populated area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7