Taliban Rocket Strike on Home and Kills Three Civilians in Gardez, Paktia (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ لیندۍ ۲۵
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Paktia: Gardez
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 33.6047872286604
Longitude: 69.2277714856939
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Gardez
- Town Village
- Gardez district, Paktia province
- Types of Incident
- Ground attack
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Rocket Attack
- Targeted Killing
- 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
- 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: Destruction and appropriation of property
- Unknown: Killing
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On December 16, 2018, Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan Security Forces convoy in Gardez district and fired a rocket that struck a civilian home. The rocket impact killed three civilians and wounded four other family members. This incident demonstrates how attacks on military targets in populated areas result in civilian casualties when weapons miss their intended targets or when families are caught in the crossfire.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 7
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