Anti-Government Elements Mortar Wounds 7 Civilians in Laghman (2017)
Document- Date
- ۲۷ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۶
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Mihtarlam
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.6681219710235
Longitude: 70.2116274065574
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Mihtarlam
- Town Village
- Mihtarlam district, Laghman province
- Types of Incident
- 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)
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- 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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On May 17, 2017, shrapnel from a mortar round fired by anti-government elements struck a civilian home in Mihtarlam district, wounding seven civilians including two children and three women. This incident occurred on the same day as another mortar attack by Afghan forces in the same district, indicating intense fighting that resulted in multiple civilian casualties from both sides.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 7
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