Taliban Attack on Mosque During Friday Prayers Kills 12 in Jowzjan (2017)
Incident- Date
- Feb 25, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Darzab
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.0284310892941
Longitude: 65.3665355269909
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Darzab
- Town/Village
- Darzab district, Jowzjan province
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Light Weapon Attack
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- 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 civilian objects
- 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 February 25, 2017, Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack on a mosque in Darzab district where Afghan Local Police (ALP) members were offering Friday prayers. The assault resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including a police commander and his wife. This attack deliberately targeted a religious site during worship, violating the sanctity of the mosque and causing civilian casualties alongside military targets.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 12
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