American Airstrike During Joint Operation Kills Five Civilians in Paktia (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 31, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Paktia: Zurmat
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.4359885654695

Longitude: 69.0310478013903

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Zurmat
Town/Village
Sorkai area, Zurmat district, Paktia province
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
  • 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 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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 31, 2018, an American airstrike killed five civilians in the Sorkai area of Zurmat district during a joint operation involving Afghan and American Special Forces. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by US air support during counter-insurgency operations targeting Taliban forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5