The Taliban opened fire on a civilian vehicle killing one civilian

Document
Date
۲۷ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Badghis: Qala-I-Naw
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.9699344338338

Longitude: 63.1428044475934

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qala-I-Naw
Town Village
Laman
Types of Incident
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

The Taliban opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the village of Laman in Qala-e-Naw City, the provincial capital, killing one civilian after the driver defied a Taliban order to stop at their checkpoint.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html