Schoolgirls Mass Poisonings - Multiple Provinces (2015)

Incident
Date
Jun 13, 2015
Year of incident
2015
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Herat City
Fayzabad
Fayzabad
Panjab
Town/Village
Schools in Badakhshan, Bamyan, and Herat provinces
Types of incident
  • Poisoning
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
  • Other Crimes : Outrages upon personal dignity
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In June. 13 2015, a series of poisoning incidents affected over 100 schoolgirls across educational facilities in Badakhshan, Bamyan, and Herat provinces. The poisonings were likely conducted using some form of gas. Despite government promises to investigate the incidents, no reason or cause was provided for the series of poisonings.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Etilaatroz

No of victims involved
100