Clashes between the Taliban and ISIL-KP displaced 24,900 people

Incident
Date
Mar 1, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunar: Chapa Dara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.0371962065674

Longitude: 70.7435328527187

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chapa Dara
Types of incident
  • Forced Displacement
Conflict parties
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Displacing civilians
Summary of incident

Clashes between the Taliban and ISIL-KP displaced 24,900 people. Those left behind (believed to be half of the local population) were reportedly barred from leaving the area. Unconfirmed reported indicate that the militant occupied the homes of the people who fled.

Source_1

United Nations General Assembly Security Council, The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, 14 June 2019, A/73/902-S/2019/493, available at: https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/sg_report_on_afghanistan_-english-_14_june_2019.pdf.