Taliban Attack Kills Five Civilians Including Three Girls in Ishkamish, Takhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 20, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Takhar: Ishkamish
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.3929333272944

Longitude: 69.5156375562852

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ishkamish
Town/Village
Ishkamish district, Takhar province
Types of incident
  • Ground 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

On October 20, 2018, a Taliban attack in Ishkamish district killed five civilians, including three young girls, one boy, and one woman. The attack also injured one girl and one woman. This incident represents a deliberate attack on civilians that particularly affected children and women in the community.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
7