Children Killed by Taliban Rocket Attack - Paktia 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 2, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Chamkani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.8028647693151

Longitude: 69.8320840894505

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chamkani
Town/Village
Shahrenaw, Chamkani, Paktia Province
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Rocket Attack
  • Targeted Killing
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 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

A rocket fired by Taliban forces killed two children in the Shahrenaw area of Chamkani district. One additional child was wounded in the attack and was still receiving treatment in the hospital at the time of reporting. The rocket strike directly targeted or impacted a civilian area where children were present.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3