Civilians Killed in Airstrike on House During Taliban Attack - Kunduz (2020)

Incident
Date
Mar 22, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Kunduz: Imam Sahib
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 37.2128366641776

Longitude: 68.8728064247648

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Imam Sahib
Town/Village
Konjak area and Yaka Tot village, Imam Sahib District, Kunduz Province
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Using protected persons as shields
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 22 March 2020, the Taliban attacked three security outposts in the Konjak area of Imam Sahib District, Kunduz Province, with clashes continuing for an hour until the Taliban escaped after air support arrived. A Taliban commander entered his brother's house in Yaka Tot village just before the house was targeted by an airstrike that killed nine civilians, including four women and two children, as well as two insurgents.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
9