Anti-Government Elements Mortar Wounds 7 Civilians in Laghman (2017)
Incident- Date
- May 17, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Mihtarlam
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.6681219710235
Longitude: 70.2116274065574
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Mihtarlam
- Town/Village
- Mihtarlam district, Laghman 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)
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 17, 2017, shrapnel from a mortar round fired by anti-government elements struck a civilian home in Mihtarlam district, wounding seven civilians including two children and three women. This incident occurred on the same day as another mortar attack by Afghan forces in the same district, indicating intense fighting that resulted in multiple civilian casualties from both sides.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 7
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