Anti-Government Elements Mortar Attack on District Center Kills One Civilian in Baghlan (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 20, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Baghlan: Baghlani Jadid
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6968786476855

Longitude: 68.7866734384687

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Baghlani Jadid
Town/Village
Baghlani Jadid District, Baghlan Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Mortar Shell
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • 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 October 20, 2018, anti-government elements fired multiple mortars that landed in the Baghlani Jadid district administrative center in Baghlan province. The attack killed one civilian and injured 31 others. This bombardment of a government administrative facility during election period resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
32