Rockets Hit Residential Area in Nawabad, Ghazni Province (2020)
Incident- Date
- Nov 8, 2020
- Year of incident
- 2020
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Ghazni City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.553649501162
Longitude: 68.4306428259085
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Ghazni City
- Town/Village
- Nawabad, Ghazni
- Types of incident
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Mortar Shell
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Displacing civilians
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Wilful killing
- War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
- Crime against humanity: Torture
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On November 8, 2020, three rockets originating from an unidentified location struck a residential area in Nawabad, a densely populated suburb of Ghazni. The incident resulted in the deaths of at least 7 civilians and injuries to 8 others. The Hazara community predominantly inhabits Nawabad. Local officials have alleged that the Taliban were deliberately targeting civilian areas.
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- No of victims involved
- 7
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