Civilians Including Boys Killed in Afghan Army Strike on Mosque - Maidan Wardak (2015)

Incident
Date
Dec 4, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Maidan Wardak: Saydabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Saydabad
Town/Village
Otari Village, Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Heavy Weapon 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 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 4 December 2015, in Otari Village, Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province, the Afghan National Army fired two explosive recoilless rifle rounds that struck a mosque, killing nine civilians including four boys, and injuring three others. The Afghan National Army reportedly arrested three ANA soldiers in relation to this incident.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
12