Civilians Killed in Taliban Mortar Attack on Market - Faryab 2019
Incident- Date
- Jul 5, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Faryab: Khwaja Sabz Posh
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.0444096494222
Longitude: 64.6135202440955
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Khwaja Sabz Posh
- Town/Village
- Khwaja Sabz Posh, Faryab 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)
- 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 : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Taliban forces attacked the center of Khwaja Sabz Posh District with mortar shells, two of which landed in a local bazaar. Nine civilians were killed and 33 others, including children, were wounded in the assault. The mortar attack targeted the district center but struck the civilian market area, causing significant casualties among the local population.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 42
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