Civilians Killed in Taliban-Government Clash - Kunduz 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 18, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunduz: Chahar Dara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7637387931497

Longitude: 68.8694154925256

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chahar Dara
Town/Village
Sar Asia, Chahar dara, Kunduz Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Two civilians were killed during clashes between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters in Sar Asia village in Chahar Dara District. The civilian casualties occurred as a result of the armed confrontation between government forces and insurgents. Local officials reported that four Taliban fighters were also killed during the same engagement.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2