An airstrike by international military forces resulted in the deaths of five civilians and three Taliban members

Incident
Date
Feb 17, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Kushk
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
Conflict parties
  • Coalition forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

In the village of Arabah, located within the Kushk-e-Robatsangi District, an Afghan Air Force airstrike claimed the lives of four women and one child, all of whom were family members of Mullah Ahmad, a Taliban commander. Additionally, Mullah Ahmad himself and two other Taliban fighters were killed in the same airstrike, which had targeted the vehicle transporting the family.

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2020 Quarterly Report (released April 2020), Page 5, UNAMA, April 2020, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_2020_first_quarter_report_english_0.pdf