Taliban Rocket Strike on Home and Kills Three Civilians in Gardez, Paktia (2018)
Incident- Date
- Dec 16, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Paktia: Gardez
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.6047872286604
Longitude: 69.2277714856939
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Gardez
- Town/Village
- Gardez district, Paktia province
- Types of incident
- Ground Attack
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Rocket Attack
- 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On December 16, 2018, Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan Security Forces convoy in Gardez district and fired a rocket that struck a civilian home. The rocket impact killed three civilians and wounded four other family members. This incident demonstrates how attacks on military targets in populated areas result in civilian casualties when weapons miss their intended targets or when families are caught in the crossfire.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 7
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