Suspected Taliban Mortar Strike Kills Two Women in Alingar, Laghman (2017)

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Date
۲۵ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Laghman: Alingar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.8174060714915

Longitude: 70.3499570468624

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Alingar
Town Village
Salingar area, Alingar 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)
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 15, 2017, a mortar shell struck a house in the Salingar area of Alingar district, killing two women and wounding three children. An official at the Governor's House attributed the mortar attack to Taliban forces. This incident demonstrates the vulnerability of civilian populations to indirect fire weapons used in populated areas.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
5