The Taliban attacked the center of Shirin Tagab District. One soldier and one civilian woman were killed in the attack

Incident
Date
۱۰ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۹
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Faryab: Shirin Tagab
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.2400192189153

Longitude: 64.8634527732246

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shirin Tagab
Types of incident
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

The Taliban attacked the center of Shirin Tagab District, where clashes continued for six hours. One soldier and one civilian woman were killed in the attack, while an additional 15 civilians and one soldier were wounded before the Taliban were eventually pushed back by Afghan forces.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html