Market Attacked with Taliban Rockets - Zabul 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ چنگاښ ۲۵
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Zabul: Shah Joy
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.5057699197408

Longitude: 67.4150269697936

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Shah Joy
Town Village
Shag Joy, Zabul Province
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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces fired several rockets into a bazaar in the center of Shah Joy District, killing four people. The rocket attack targeted the civilian market area, resulting in casualties among those present in the commercial district.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4