A Taliban-fired mortar hit a house killing two women and wounding a woman and two children

Incident
Date
Apr 16, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Unknown
Town/Village
Rohani Baba, Pakhri
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

A Taliban-fired mortar hit a house in the Pakhri area of Rohani Baba District, killing two women and wounding a woman and two children.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html