Pro-Government Militia Mortar Strike Kills Three Civilians in Faryab (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 1, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Faryab: Pashtun Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.8322207280925

Longitude: 64.7716331534889

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pashtun Kot
Town/Village
Yakatot village, Pashtun Kot district, Faryab province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 1, 2018, a mortar fired by members of a local pro-government militia struck a house in Yakatot village of Pashtun Kot district. The attack killed three civilians, including a child and a woman, and wounded three other civilians. The village was under Taliban control at the time of the incident, indicating the mortar was fired during operations in contested territory.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6