Afghan Special Forces Operation Kills Three Civilians in Kandahar (2017)

Incident
Date
Sep 19, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Khakrez
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.9879354289891

Longitude: 65.4755877918406

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khakrez
Ghorak
Town/Village
Lalak and Zark areas, Khakrez and Ghorak districts, Kandahar province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On September 19, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted an overnight operation with air force support in the Lalak and Zark areas of Khakrez and Ghorak districts. The operation killed 14 militants and three civilians, with eight rebels arrested during the raid. Forces also recovered 35 motorcycles and weapons. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that civilians including women and children suffered casualties during the operation.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
3