Afghan National Army Mortar Strike Kills 3 Children in Nangarhar (2017

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۶ غبرگولی ۲۴
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Unknown
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Saydabad
Town Village
Saydabad district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
  • Mortar shell
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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 14, 2017, a mortar round fired by the Afghan National Army struck civilians in Saydabad district, killing two boys and one girl, and seriously injuring an adult woman. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by government forces during military operations involving indirect fire weapons.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
4