Students Killed in Mortar Shell Explosion at Religious School - Takhar (2020)

Document
Date
۲۹ خرداد ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Takhar: Ishkamish
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.3929333272944

Longitude: 69.5156375562852

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Ishkamish
Town Village
Ishkamish District, Takhar Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Mortar shell
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 18 June 2020, a mortar shell exploded inside a religious school in Ishkamish District, Takhar Province, killing at least nine students and injuring six. Officials blamed the Taliban for the attack, but the insurgents denied involvement.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
15