Civilian Casualties in Rocket Attack - Faryab 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ سلواغه ۲۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Dawlat Abad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.9829685852614

Longitude: 66.7979901526113

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dawlat Abad
Town Village
Dawlat Abad, Faryab Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • 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: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A Taliban rocket struck a residential house in Dawlat Abad district, killing one woman and wounding four other civilians. The rocket attack targeted civilian infrastructure, resulting in casualties among the occupants of the house.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5