Suspected Taliban Mortar Strike Kills Two Women in Alingar, Laghman (2017)
Document- 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
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- No of victims involved
- 5
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