Three Children Killed in Mortar Strike on House - Farah (2020)

Incident
Date
May 11, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Farah: Bala Buluk
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.1240697387808

Longitude: 62.6631851081467

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Bala Buluk
Town/Village
Shiwan Kaly area, Bala Buluk District, Farah Province
Types of incident
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 11 May 2020, a house was struck by a mortar shell in the Shiwan Kaly area of Bala Buluk District, Farah Province, killing three children between the ages of 5 and 7.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3