American Gunship Attack on House Kills Five Civilians in Faryab (2018)
Incident- Date
- Dec 31, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Faryab: Shirin Tagab
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.2400192189153
Longitude: 64.8634527732246
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Shirin Tagab
- Town/Village
- Shirin Tagab district, Faryab province
- Types of incident
- Air Strikes
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- US forces
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On December 31, 2018, American gunships struck a house in Shirin Tagab district, killing five civilians—two men and three women—and wounding twelve others, including nine women. This incident represents significant civilian casualties caused by US aerial operations, with women comprising the majority of the victims.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 17
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