A house was hit by a mortar shell killing three children

Incident
Date
May 11, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Farah: Bala Buluk
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.1240697387808

Longitude: 62.6631851081467

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Bala Buluk
Town/Village
Shiwan Kaly
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

A house was hit by a mortar shell in the Shiwan Kaly area of Balaboluk District, killing three children between the ages of 5 and 7.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2020, New York Times, 28 May 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-may-2020.html