Civilians Killed in Joint Military Raid - Helmand 2019

Incident
Date
May 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Helmand: Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.8298756320407

Longitude: 64.5684097224816

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
Town/Village
Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj), Helmand Province
Types of incident
  • Complex Attack
  • Ground 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
  • US forces
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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

At least three civilians were killed and additional others were wounded during a military raid conducted by joint Afghan and American forces in Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj) district. The civilian casualties occurred as the combined forces carried out operations in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3