Taliban Attack Forces Civilian Displacement in Kunduz (2016)

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Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kunduz: Qalay-I-Zal
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.9739639785485

Longitude: 68.3363342285156

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qalay-I-Zal
Town Village
Qalay-I-Zal, Kunduz Province
Types of Incident
  • Forced displacement
  • Ground attack
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Displacing civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 21, 2016, Taliban insurgents launched an attack on Qalay-I-Zal district in Kunduz province. The offensive forced scores of families to flee their homes, creating internal displacement in the region.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Tolo News