Four Children Killed in Mortar Shell Explosion - Ghazni (2020)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۹ غبرگولی ۲۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Ghazni: Dih Yak
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5926115515727

Longitude: 68.7198470554483

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dih Yak
Town Village
Dih Yak District, Ghazni Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • 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)
  • Other
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 18 June 2020, the explosion of a mortar shell in Deh Yak District, Ghazni Province, left four children dead while wounding three others.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
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