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.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 5
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