Civilians Including Newly Married Woman Killed in Afghan Air Force Strike - Kunduz (2020)

Incident
Date
May 20, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Kunduz: Aqtash
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7033668643353

Longitude: 69.1353750461581

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Aqtash
Town/Village
Basoos village, Aqtash District, Kunduz Province
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Rocket 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 civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 20 May 2020, a rocket fired by an Afghan air force helicopter struck a house in Basoos village, Aqtash District, Kunduz Province, killing three civilians, including two women, one of whom was newly married.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3