Pakistani Military Mortar Strike Kills Two Civilians in Sirkanay, Kunar (2018)
Incident- Date
- Aug 22, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Kunar: Sirkanay
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.8446780694306
Longitude: 71.2056494982518
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Sirkanay
- Town/Village
- Sirkanay district, Kunar province
- Types of incident
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Mortar Shell
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Pakistan Army
- 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On August 22, 2018, a mortar fired by Pakistani Military Forces struck a residential area in Sirkanay district, Kunar province. The mortar damaged a civilian home, killed a girl and a man, and injured a girl and a boy. This represents cross-border violence affecting Afghan civilians in their homes.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 4
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