The Taliban attacked a security outpost. During the clashes, a rocket fired by the Taliban hit a house killing three civilians

Incident
Date
Mar 5, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Balkh: Chimtal
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6370472188615

Longitude: 66.9423840660192

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chimtal
Town/Village
Asiab Gorg
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Manifest disproportionality
Summary of incident

The Taliban attacked a security outpost. During clashes, a rocket fired by the Taliban hit a house. Three civilians were killed and two others were wounded, all members of the same family.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: March 1-7, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.