Taliban Rocket Attack on Police Outpost Kills Four Civilians in Kandahar (2018)
Document- Date
- ۱۲ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Maruf
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.5717659005652
Longitude: 67.034179107037
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Maruf
- Town Village
- Eshaqzo village, Maruf district, Kandahar province
- Types of Incident
- Clash
- Complex attack
- Explosion
- Ground attack
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Rocket Attack
- Targeted Killing
- 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 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: Destruction and appropriation of property
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 4, 2018, Taliban fighters attacked a police outpost in Eshaqzo village, killing one police officer and wounding three others. During the assault, rockets fired by the Taliban struck a civilian house, killing four civilians and wounding eight others. This incident demonstrates how attacks on military targets in populated areas result in civilian casualties when weapons miss their intended targets or when civilians are caught in the crossfire.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 12
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