Taliban Fighter Opens Fire on Funeral Ceremony Killing 4 Civilians in Balkh (2018)
Document- Date
- ۲۳ آذر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Balkh: Dawlatabad
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 36.984476951595
Longitude: 66.7974751684947
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Dawlatabad
- Town Village
- Dawlatabad district, Balkh province
- Types of Incident
- Shooting
- Small arms Fires
- 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 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 December 14, 2018, a Taliban fighter opened fire on a funeral ceremony in Dawlatabad district, killing four civilians. This attack deliberately targeted mourners gathered for a funeral, representing a particularly egregious assault on civilians during a time of grief and religious observance.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 4
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