ANA Mortar Civilian Home Strike - Laghman (2015)
Incident- Date
- Apr 24, 2025
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Alingar
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.8174060714915
Longitude: 70.3499570468624
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Alingar
- Town/Village
- Alingar District, Laghman Province,
- Types of incident
- Ambush
- Assault
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Hand Grenade
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Light Weapon Attack
- Mortar Shell
- Conflict parties
- Afghan Local Police (ALP)
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Manifest disproportionality
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: April 24, 2015
Location: Alingar District, Laghman Province
Victims: Seven civilians killed (including four children)
Eight civilians injured (including six children)
Perpetrators: Afghan National Army (ANA) Incident Type: Mortar strike during military engagement
Narrative:
On April 24, 2015, Anti-Government Elements attacked an Afghanistan National Army (ANA) post with heavy weapons, including mortars, in Alingar District of Laghman Province. The ANA responded with mortar fire, and one of their rounds struck a civilian home. This impact resulted in fifteen civilian casualties: seven people killed, including four children, and eight people injured, including six children.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 15