Taliban Rocket Attack Misses Bagram Air Field and Injures Two Civilians (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ غویی ۱۸
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Parwan: Bagram
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.9535384651436

Longitude: 69.2542148141959

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Bagram
Town Village
Near Bagram Air Field, Parwan
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Heavy Weapon attack
  • Rocket Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
  • US forces
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 7, 2016, during the night, Taliban fighters fired a rocket intended to hit Bagram Air Field. The projectile missed its intended military target and instead struck a civilian house located east of the base perimeter, resulting in injuries to two Afghan civilians.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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Stars and Stripes

No of victims involved
2