Rocket Strike Kills Woman and Child in Family Home in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 5, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of incident
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 July 5, 2017, a rocket struck a family home in Kabul, killing a woman and a child and injuring at least one other child. All victims were members of the same family. No group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack that targeted a civilian residence.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Radio Free Europe

No of victims involved
3