On March 9, 1993, heavy rocketing in Kabul left tens of victims dead and wounded. The Ministry of Defence blamed Hizb-i Wahdat for the attack and in response launched a heavy weapons bombardment of residential areas controlled by Hizb-i Wahdat, causing heavy casualties and destruction of buildings.
Incident
Date
Mar 9, 1993
Incident date
1993/03/09
Year of incident
1993
District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
District geolocation of incident (linkedIncident)
Kabul
Types of incident
Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
Hizb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan (HWIA)
Alleged types of crimes
Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
War crime: Attacking civilians
Regime in place
Islamic State of Afghanistan
Summary of incident
On March 9, 1993, heavy rocketing in Kabul left tens of victims dead and wounded. The Ministry of Defence blamed Hizb-i Wahdat for the attack and in response launched a heavy weapons bombardment of residential areas controlled by Hizb-i Wahdat, causing heavy casualties and destruction of buildings.