Checkpoint Attack on Civilian - Helmand 2015

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ وږی ۱۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Musa Qala
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.3644433137498

Longitude: 64.781184099051

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Musa Qala
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Ground attack
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Murder
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Shooting
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Inhuman treatment
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Threats against civilians
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Victims:

  • Four civilian men killed
  • One civilian injured
  • One civilian previously killed by IED (family member of victims)

Perpetrators: Anti-Government Elements (Taliban)

Narrative:

On September 5, 2015, Anti-Government Elements attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpoint in Musa Qala District of Helmand Province. During the attack, four civilian men were killed and one was injured. The men were attempting to recover the body of a family member who had been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonation approximately thirty minutes before the armed clash began.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 31

No of victims involved
6