A Taliban mortar hit a house killing a woman and wounding a child

Document
Date
۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Badghis: Qadis
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.2540541201875

Longitude: 63.4893250717669

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qadis
Town Village
Kamengi Oliya
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

A mortar hit a house in the village of Kamengi Oliya in Qadis District, killing a woman and wounding a child. Local authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.

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