Pro-Government Militia Mortar Strike Kills Three Civilians in Faryab (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ تله ۹
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Faryab: Pashtun Kot
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 35.8322207280925
Longitude: 64.7716331534889
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Pashtun Kot
- Town Village
- Yakatot village, Pashtun Kot district, Faryab 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)
- ISIL-KP
- Local Militia
- 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 October 1, 2018, a mortar fired by members of a local pro-government militia struck a house in Yakatot village of Pashtun Kot district. The attack killed three civilians, including a child and a woman, and wounded three other civilians. The village was under Taliban control at the time of the incident, indicating the mortar was fired during operations in contested territory.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 6
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