Civilians Killed as Taliban Use Homes for Cover - Bādghīs 2019
Incident- Date
- Jul 17, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Badghis: Ab Kamari
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 35.2661153160855
Longitude: 62.9143435486827
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Ab Kamari
- Town/Village
- Ab Kamari, Bādghīs Province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Ground Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
- 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
- Other Crimes : Using protected persons as shields
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Taliban and Afghan National Army forces engaged in fighting in Ab Kamari district. Taliban forces hid in people's homes during the combat, causing civilians to flee their residences and expose themselves to gunfire. Three civilians died, including one woman, and three others sustained injuries, including two women and a girl. The civilian casualties occurred as residents were forced to leave their homes due to Taliban fighters using the structures for cover.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 6
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