On March 9, 1993, heavy rocketing in Kabul left tens of victims dead and wounded. The Ministry of Defence blamed Hizb-i Wahdat for the attack and in response launched a heavy weapons bombardment of residential areas controlled by Hizb-i Wahdat, causing heavy casualties and destruction of buildings.
Document
Date
AP ۱۳۷۱ کب ۱۸
Incident date
1993/03/09
Year of Incident
1993
Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
Geolocation (province level) (linkedDocument)
Kabul
Types of Incident
Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
Hizb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan (HWIA)
Alleged crimes in the incident
Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
War crime: Attacking civilians
Perpetrators
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)
Summary
On March 9, 1993, heavy rocketing in Kabul left tens of victims dead and wounded. The Ministry of Defence blamed Hizb-i Wahdat for the attack and in response launched a heavy weapons bombardment of residential areas controlled by Hizb-i Wahdat, causing heavy casualties and destruction of buildings.