A mortar attack on a market killed at least 23 people and injured dozens of others

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۹ چنگاښ ۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Helmand: Unknown
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

A mortar attack on a market in southern Afghanistan has killed at least 23 people and injured dozens of others.

Sources

Mortar Attack On Afghan Market Kills At Least 23; Taliban, Government Blame Each Other, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 29 June 2020, available at https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/mortar-attack-on-afghan-market-kills-at-least-23/30696959.html

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The spokesman immediately pinned the attack on the Taliban, which in turn blamed the government.