ANA Mortar Civilian Home Strike - Laghman (2015)
Document- Date
- ۴ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۴
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Alingar
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.8174060714915
Longitude: 70.3499570468624
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Alingar
- Town Village
- Alingar District, Laghman Province,
- Types of Incident
- Ambush
- Assault
- Clash
- Complex attack
- Ground attack
- Hand grenade
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Light Weapon Attack
- Mortar shell
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan Local Police (ALP)
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Manifest disproportionality
- Unknown: Murder
- Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: April 24, 2015
Location: Alingar District, Laghman Province
Victims: Seven civilians killed (including four children)
Eight civilians injured (including six children)
Perpetrators: Afghan National Army (ANA) Incident Type: Mortar strike during military engagement
Narrative:
On April 24, 2015, Anti-Government Elements attacked an Afghanistan National Army (ANA) post with heavy weapons, including mortars, in Alingar District of Laghman Province. The ANA responded with mortar fire, and one of their rounds struck a civilian home. This impact resulted in fifteen civilian casualties: seven people killed, including four children, and eight people injured, including six children.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 15