Mortar Explosion Kills Four Civilians in Herat (2018)

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Date
۲۹ آذر ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Herat: Chishti Sharif
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3406961521371

Longitude: 63.7532232847663

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chishti Sharif
Town Village
Chishti Sharif district, Herat province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Heavy Weapon attack
  • Mortar shell
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
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On December 20, 2018, a mortar exploded in Chishti Sharif district, killing four civilians and wounding three others. The source of the mortar and circumstances of the explosion were not specified. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by indirect fire weapons in a populated area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7