Market Attack Kills 23 People in Mortar Strike - Helmand (2020)

Incident
Date
Jun 29, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Helmand: Unknown
Town/Village
Helmand 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 29 June 2020, a mortar attack on a market in Helmand Province killed at least 23 people and injured dozens of others. The government spokesman blamed the Taliban for the attack, while the Taliban in turn blamed the government.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
23