Rocket Strike on a House Kills Two Civilians in Jalrez, Maidan Wardak (2018)
Incident- Date
- Nov 17, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Maidan Wardak: Jalrez
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.6294382770326
Longitude: 68.658089382081
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Jalrez
- Town/Village
- Jalrez district, Maidan Wardak province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Rocket Attack
- 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On November 17, 2018, a rocket struck a house in Jalrez district during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces. The explosion killed two civilians and wounded 13 others. This incident demonstrates how civilian casualties occur when military engagements take place in populated areas, with indirect fire weapons hitting residential buildings.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 15
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