Market Attacked with Taliban Rockets - Zabul 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 16, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Zabul: Shah Joy
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.5057699197408

Longitude: 67.4150269697936

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shah Joy
Town/Village
Shag Joy, Zabul Province
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Rocket 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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Taliban forces fired several rockets into a bazaar in the center of Shah Joy District, killing four people. The rocket attack targeted the civilian market area, resulting in casualties among those present in the commercial district.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4