ANA Artillery Strike Civilian Deaths - Kapisa (2015)
Document- Date
- ۱۲ آوریل ۲۰۱۵
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Kapisa: Tagab
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.853210518466
Longitude: 69.6491576238818
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Tagab
- Town Village
- Tagab District, Kapisa Province
- Types of Incident
- Ambush
- Assault
- Clash
- Ground attack
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Killing
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: April 12, 2015
Location: Tagab District, Kapisa Province
Victims:
Seven civilians killed (three women and four children)
Ten civilians injured (including three toddlers)
Perpetrators: Afghan National Army (ANA)
Incident Type: Artillery strike during military engagement
Narrative:
On April 12, 2015, anti-government elements ambushed an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy in Tagab District, Kapisa Province. During the ensuing engagement, ANA forces fired an artillery round from a nearby base, which struck a civilian home. The artillery impact resulted in seventeen civilian casualties, including seven deaths (three women and four children) and ten injuries, among them three toddlers.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 17