On 12 April 1986, between 800 and 1,000 civilians were killed by soldiers in the Andkhoy District of Faryab Province during a bombing raid.

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Incident date
1986/04/12
Year of Incident
1986
Province of incident
Faryab: Andkhoy
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.955306213092

Longitude: 65.1257729061619

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Andkhoy
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Complex attack
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Explosion
  • Forced displacement
  • Ground attack
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Harakat-e Inqelabi Islami Afghanistan (HIIA)
  • Harakat-e Islami Afghanistan (HIA)
  • Hizb-e Watan Afghanistan (HWA)
  • Ittehad-e Islami Afghanistan (ISA)
  • Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (JIA)
  • Junbish-e Milli Islami Afghanistan (JMIA)
  • Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati
  • Mahaz-e Milli Islami Afghanistan (MMIA)
  • Soviet Army
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Denying a fair trial
  • War crime: Denying quarter
  • War crime: Displacing civilians
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Inhuman treatment
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Enforced disappearance
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
Summary

On 12 April 1986, between 800 and 1,000 civilians were killed by soldiers in the Andkhoy District of Faryab Province during a bombing raid.

Sources

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/casting-shadows-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-1978-2001

No of victims involved
1000