Civilians Killed as Taliban Use Homes for Cover - Bādghīs 2019
Document- Date
- ۲۶ تیر ۱۳۹۸
- Year of Incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Badghis: Ab Kamari
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 35.2661153160855
Longitude: 62.9143435486827
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Ab Kamari
- Town Village
- Ab Kamari, Bādghīs Province
- Types of Incident
- Clash
- Ground attack
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
- 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
- Unknown: Using protected persons as shields
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Taliban and Afghan National Army forces engaged in fighting in Ab Kamari district. Taliban forces hid in people's homes during the combat, causing civilians to flee their residences and expose themselves to gunfire. Three civilians died, including one woman, and three others sustained injuries, including two women and a girl. The civilian casualties occurred as residents were forced to leave their homes due to Taliban fighters using the structures for cover.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 6
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