American aircraft bombing killed one civilian in Uruzgan

Incident
Date
Jan 31, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Uruzgan: Tarin Kowt
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
Conflict parties
  • US forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

In the course of a military operation, a house was subjected to an airstrike by an American aircraft in Tarin Kot, the provincial capital. This strike resulted in the loss of life of one child and caused injuries to another child and their mother.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: February 2020, New York Times, 27 February 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-february-2020.html