Family Killed in CIA-Backed Strike Force Operation - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 23, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Behsud
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3488191879096

Longitude: 67.9116008987594

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Behsud
Town/Village
Gardi Kas, Behsud, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • CIA backed Afghan Military Strike Force
  • 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
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Five civilians were killed and three others were wounded during a military operation conducted by an Afghan strike force that is trained and overseen by the CIA in Gardi Kas village. Four of the five killed were members of the same family. The incident occurred as the specialized Afghan unit carried out operations in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
8