A house was hit by a mortar shell killing three children

Document
Date
۱۱ مه ۲۰۲۰
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Farah: Bala Buluk
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.1240697387808

Longitude: 62.6631851081467

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Bala Buluk
Town Village
Shiwan Kaly
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary

A house was hit by a mortar shell in the Shiwan Kaly area of Balaboluk District, killing three children between the ages of 5 and 7.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2020, New York Times, 28 May 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-may-2020.html