Students Killed in Mortar Shell Explosion at Religious School - Takhar (2020)

Incident
Date
Jun 18, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Takhar: Ishkamish
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.3929333272944

Longitude: 69.5156375562852

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ishkamish
Town/Village
Ishkamish District, Takhar Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Mortar Shell
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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 : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 18 June 2020, a mortar shell exploded inside a religious school in Ishkamish District, Takhar Province, killing at least nine students and injuring six. Officials blamed the Taliban for the attack, but the insurgents denied involvement.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
15