Taliban Attack on Mosque During Friday Prayers Kills 12 in Jowzjan (2017)
Document- Date
- ۷ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Darzab
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 36.0284310892941
Longitude: 65.3665355269909
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Darzab
- Town Village
- Darzab district, Jowzjan province
- Types of Incident
- Complex attack
- Ground attack
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Light Weapon Attack
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- 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
- 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
On February 25, 2017, Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack on a mosque in Darzab district where Afghan Local Police (ALP) members were offering Friday prayers. The assault resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including a police commander and his wife. This attack deliberately targeted a religious site during worship, violating the sanctity of the mosque and causing civilian casualties alongside military targets.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 12
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