Suspected Taliban Mortar Strike Kills Two Women in Alingar, Laghman (2017)

Incident
Date
May 15, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Laghman: Alingar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.8174060714915

Longitude: 70.3499570468624

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Alingar
Town/Village
Salingar area, Alingar 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)
  • 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 : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On May 15, 2017, a mortar shell struck a house in the Salingar area of Alingar district, killing two women and wounding three children. An official at the Governor's House attributed the mortar attack to Taliban forces. This incident demonstrates the vulnerability of civilian populations to indirect fire weapons used in populated areas.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
5