Pro-Government Militia Mortar Strike Kills Three Civilians in Faryab (2018)

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Date
۹ مهر ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Faryab: Pashtun Kot
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.8322207280925

Longitude: 64.7716331534889

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pashtun Kot
Town Village
Yakatot village, Pashtun Kot district, Faryab 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • 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: Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On October 1, 2018, a mortar fired by members of a local pro-government militia struck a house in Yakatot village of Pashtun Kot district. The attack killed three civilians, including a child and a woman, and wounded three other civilians. The village was under Taliban control at the time of the incident, indicating the mortar was fired during operations in contested territory.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6