Children Killed in US Drone Strike on Taliban - Logar 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 15, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pul-i-Alam
Town/Village
Kamal Khail, Pul-i-Alam, Logar Province
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • US forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

An American drone targeted a gathering of Taliban fighters in the Kamal Khail area of Pul-i-Alam, killing 22 Taliban fighters and wounding five others according to local authorities. Two children who were playing in the area were also killed in the drone strike. The children were casualties of the targeted attack on the insurgent gathering.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2