Women and Children Killed in Airstrike on Taliban Commander's House - Bādghīs (2019)
Incident- Date
- Nov 7, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Badghis: Ab Kamari
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 35.2661153160855
Longitude: 62.9143435486827
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Ab Kamari
- Town/Village
- Maidah Qol village, Ab Kamari, Bādghīs Province
- Types of incident
- Air Strikes
- Bombing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
- 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
- Unknown
- US forces
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Three women and three children were killed when the house of a Taliban commander was bombed by an airstrike in Maidah Qol village in Ab Kamari District. The commander was also killed along with his four Taliban bodyguards in the airstrike. The commander was responsible for killing a number of Afghan commandos during a military operation in the area a couple of months ago. The aerial bombardment targeted the insurgent leader's residence but resulted in civilian casualties among family members.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 6
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