Six members of a single family, including women and children, were killed when four armed men entered their house

Incident
Date
Jan 18, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Faryab: Andkhoy
Exact geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.59643234883761

Longitude: 67.17041015625001

Exact geolocation of incident
Town/Village
Khanaqa
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

Six members of a single family, including women and children, were killed when four armed men entered their house in the village of Khanaqa in Andkhoy District. An additional two people were wounded, and the Afghan government blamed the incident on the Taliban, who denied involvement.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: January 2020, New York Times, 30 January 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-january-2020.html