Army Mortar Strike Kills 3 Children During Convoy Ambush in Jowzjan (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ تله ۱۱
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Jowzjan: Fayzabad
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 37.1024830614492
Longitude: 70.5532115197076
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Fayzabad
- Town Village
- Fayzabad district, Jowzjan province
- Types of Incident
- Ambush
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Mortar shell
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- 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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 3, 2018, an army convoy was ambushed in Fayzabad district. During the ensuing fighting, soldiers fired a mortar that struck a house in the area, killing three children and wounding two others. This incident demonstrates how civilian casualties occur when military operations and fighting take place in populated areas.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 5
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