Civilians Killed in Heavy Weapons Clash Between Militias - Takhar (2019)

Document
Date
۱۶ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Takhar: Chah Ab
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 37.3949970828036

Longitude: 69.8173302319302

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chah Ab
Town Village
Takhanabad area, Chag Ab, Takhar Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Local Militia
  • Pro-government militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Four civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a clash between two militia commanders in the Takhanabad area of Chah Ab District. Both sides used heavy weapons during the engagement, resulting in civilian casualties caught in the fighting between the rival armed groups.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
10