Civilian Casualties During Military Operation - Takhar 2019
Incident- Date
- Feb 11, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Dashti Qala
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 37.2160783112707
Longitude: 69.5153045654297
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Dashti Qala
- Town/Village
- Dashti Qala, Takhar Province
- Types of incident
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Forced Displacement
- Ground 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 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
- Summary of incident
During a three-day military operation conducted by Afghan government forces against Taliban positions, a rocket fired by Taliban forces struck a residential house in Dasht-e-Qala district. The attack resulted in the deaths of two civilians and wounded two additional family members within the same household. The incident occurred amid broader clashes that also resulted in military casualties, including two soldiers, one police officer, and one pro-government militia member. The sustained fighting led to the displacement of approximately 3,000 civilians over the three-day period.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 4
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