The Afghan National Army fired approximately a dozen mortars in a residential area, resulting in the deaths of two civilians

Incident
Date
۱۸ بهمن ۱۳۹۸
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Zari
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.8501565132343

Longitude: 66.7299678111104

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Balkh: Zari
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

The Afghan National Army fired approximately a dozen mortars in a residential area, resulting in the deaths of two civilians (a woman and a 14-year-old girl) and the injury of nine others, mostly women and children.

Source_1

2020 Quarterly Report (released April 2020), Page 5, UNAMA, April 2020, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_2020_first_quarter_report_english_0.pdf