Khost Protection Force Mortar Attack on Market Kills 10 Civilians in Paktia (2018)
Incident- Date
- Oct 6, 2018
- Province of incident
- Paktia: Wuza Zadran
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.4718892974934
Longitude: 69.5439713005122
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Wuza Zadran
- Town/Village
- Wuza Zadran district, Paktia 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
- Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
- 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
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 6, 2018, Khost Protection Forces fired mortars into a crowded bazaar in Wuza Zadran district, killing eight boys and two men, and injuring 18 boys and seven men. This attack on a civilian marketplace during busy hours caused significant casualties among civilians, particularly children, engaged in ordinary commercial activities.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 35
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