Joint Afghan-US Military Operation Kills Sixteen Civilians in Sangin, Helmand (2019)
Incident- Date
- Jan 23, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Sangin
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.0703835314375
Longitude: 64.8529380270456
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Sangin
- Town/Village
- Sangin district, Helmand province
- Types of incident
- Air Strikes
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- US forces
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 23, 2019, at least 16 civilians were killed during a joint military operation led by Afghan and American forces in Sangin district. The house where the civilians lived was directly targeted during the operation. It remains unclear whether the house was struck by an airstrike or a rocket. This incident represents significant civilian casualties from a coordinated international military operation.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 16
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