School Hit by Mortar During Fighting - Ghazni 2019

Incident
Incident date
March, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Andar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3183516957056

Longitude: 68.4496566388923

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Andar
Town/Village
Andar, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Explosion
  • Ground Attack
  • Mortar Shell
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 civilian objects
  • 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
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

During a ground engagement between the Afghan National Army and Taliban forces, a mortar round landed on a school in Andar district, causing the deaths of four schoolboys and one teacher. Seventeen additional schoolboys and one male teacher sustained injuries in the attack. The incident occurred as the two opposing forces engaged in combat, with the educational facility struck by indirect fire.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
23