A group of children were killed due detonation of a mortar shell in Logar province

Incident
Date
Mar 9, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Logar: Azra
Types of incident
  • Mortar Shell
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Summary of incident

In the Shaikhan area of Azra District, a group of children encountered a mortar shell with which they were playing, and it detonated, resulting in the death of one child and the injury of eight others.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: March 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 26 March 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-march-2020.html