Rocket Strike Kills Woman and Child in Family Home in Kabul (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۶ چنگاښ ۱۴
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
  • Rocket Attack
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 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

On July 5, 2017, a rocket struck a family home in Kabul, killing a woman and a child and injuring at least one other child. All victims were members of the same family. No group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack that targeted a civilian residence.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Radio Free Europe

No of victims involved
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