Civilians Including Boys Killed in Afghan Army Strike on Mosque - Maidan Wardak (2015)

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Date
۱۳ آذر ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Wardak: Saydabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Saydabad
Town Village
Otari Village, Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Heavy Weapon attack
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 civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 4 December 2015, in Otari Village, Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province, the Afghan National Army fired two explosive recoilless rifle rounds that struck a mosque, killing nine civilians including four boys, and injuring three others. The Afghan National Army reportedly arrested three ANA soldiers in relation to this incident.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
12