Children and Woman Killed in Afghan Army Mortar Strike on Home - Helmand (2015)

Document
Date
۲۸ مهر ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Nad Ali
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6673540035581

Longitude: 64.2602323537188

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Nad Ali
Town Village
Nad Ali District, Helmand 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 civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 20 October 2015, the Afghan National Army fired a mortar at Anti-Government Element positions in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province. The round struck a civilian home, killing four children and a woman.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
5