Taliban Mortar Strike Kills Three Civilians During Clash in Andar, Ghazni (2017)
Incident- Date
- Apr 16, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Andar
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.3183516957056
Longitude: 68.4496566388923
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Andar
- Town/Village
- Andar district, Ghazni province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- 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
- 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
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On April 16, 2017, a clash erupted in Andar district when Taliban fighters attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoints in the early morning. During the firefight, a Taliban mortar shell struck a civilian house, killing three civilians and damaging the residence. Some reports indicated that five civilians, including women and children, were killed in the mortar strike. Six Taliban fighters were also killed and several wounded in the confrontation. The Taliban confirmed their involvement in the clash.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 5
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