Women Killed in Taliban Mortar Strike on House - Paktia (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 16, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Unknown
Town/Village
Pakhri area, Rohani Baba District, Paktia 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 16 April 2020, a Taliban-fired mortar struck a house in the Pakhri area of Rohani Baba District, Paktia Province, killing two women and wounding a woman and two children.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5