High School Teacher Killed in Helicopter Strike - Bādghīs (2019)

Document
Date
۱ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Badghis: Murghab
Town Village
Joy-e-Ganj, Bala Murghab, Bādghīs Province
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Rocket Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A high school teacher named Abdul Wahab was killed and two other civilians were wounded when a rocket fired from an Afghan helicopter struck their shop in the Joy-e-Ganj area of Bala Murghab District. The aerial attack targeted the civilian commercial establishment, resulting in the death of the educator and injuries to other civilians present.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3