A rocket fired by an Afghan air force helicopter hit a house killing three civilians

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۹ غویی ۳۱
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Kunduz: Aqtash
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7033668643353

Longitude: 69.1353750461581

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Aqtash
Town Village
Basoos
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary

A rocket fired by an Afghan air force helicopter hit a house in the Basoos village of Aqtash District, killing three civilians, including two women, one of whom was newly married.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2020, New York Times, 28 May 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-may-2020.html