Mortar Explosion Kills Four Civilians in Herat (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ لیندۍ ۲۹
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Herat: Chishti Sharif
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.3406961521371
Longitude: 63.7532232847663
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Chishti Sharif
- Town Village
- Chishti Sharif district, Herat province
- Types of Incident
- 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)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On December 20, 2018, a mortar exploded in Chishti Sharif district, killing four civilians and wounding three others. The source of the mortar and circumstances of the explosion were not specified. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by indirect fire weapons in a populated area.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 7
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