Two civilians, including a child, were killed in the clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces

Incident
Date
Jun 23, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Balkh: Balkh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7552664690114

Longitude: 66.896803319564

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Balkh
Town/Village
Alamkhil
Types of incident
  • Clash
Conflict parties
  • Afghan forces
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Manifest disproportionality
Summary of incident

The Taliban attacked a convoy of Afghan security forces while hiding in shops in a bazaar nearby. Two civilians, including a child, were killed when the government forces responded to the Taliban attack.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: June 21-27, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html