An Afghan Air Force plane conducted an airstrike targeting wounded Taliban members in a vehicle just outside of a health clinic where other Taliban members were being treated. The airstrike killed at least two civilians
Incident- Date
- ۳۰ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۹
- Year of incident
- 2020
- Province of incident
- Kunduz: Chahar Dara
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.7637387931497
Longitude: 68.8694154925256
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Chahar Dara
- Types of incident
- Air Strikes
- Conflict parties
- Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking humanitarian personnel and objects
- Summary of incident
An Afghan Air Force plane conducted an airstrike targeting wounded Taliban members in a vehicle just outside of a health clinic where other Taliban members were being treated. In addition to killing and injuring the Taliban members accompanying their injured, the airstrike killed at least two male civilians standing outside the clinic: the driver of the clinic’s ambulance and someone who was at the clinic to donate blood. Two health workers of the clinic were also slightly wounded but did not require medical treatment beyond first aid. Three rooms of the clinic, including the emergency room and the guard room, as well as some walls of the clinic, were severely damaged. Many of the clinic’s windows and its ambulance were damaged. According to sources, including members of the Afghan national security forces, the airstrike was intentionally targeting wounded fighters (hors de combat) of the Taliban being brought to the clinic. Health services did not resume until 2 June.
- Source_1
Special Report: Attacks on Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Page 11, UNAMA, June 2020, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_special_report_attacks_on_healthcare_during_the_covid-19_Pandemicc_20_june_2020.pdf