Khost Protection Force conducted a search operation against the Taliban and during the operation killed killed five civilian

Incident
Date
Mar 14, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Zurmat
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.4359885654695

Longitude: 69.0310478013903

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Zurmat
Town/Village
Haibat Khail
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

Khost Protection Force, with air support from international forces, conducted a search operation against the Taliban. During the operation, Khost Protection Force killed five civilian men from one family - a father, his three sons, and his nephew. The Khost Protection Force took them in front of their house and killed them.

Source_1

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 64, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf