ALP Mortar Civilian Home Strike - Logar (2015)

Document
Date
۲۷ مرداد ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pul-i-Alam
Town Village
Pul-i-Alam District, Logar Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Explosion
  • Mortar shell
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On August 18, 2015, Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces fired a mortar in response to an attack by Anti-Government Elements in Pul-i-Alam District of Logar Province. The mortar struck a civilian home, killing three children and injuring three other civilians, including one woman and one girl.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 55

No of victims involved
6