Police Officer and Woman Killed During Taliban Attack - Faryab (2020)

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Date
۵ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Faryab: Dawlat Abad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.9829685852614

Longitude: 66.7979901526113

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dawlat Abad
Town Village
Feroza village, Dawlat Abad District, Faryab Province, Afghanistan
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Ground 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
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 24 March 2020, the Taliban attacked a security outpost in Feroza village, Dawlat Abad District, Faryab Province, killing one local police officer and wounding another. During the clash, a mortar fired by security forces struck a house, killing one woman.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1