NDS Operation Against ISIS Kills Four Civilians in Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Nov 23, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Khogyani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khogyani
Town/Village
Khogyani district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Complex Attack
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • 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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On November 23, 2018, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) launched an operation targeting an Islamic State stronghold in Khogyani district, killing four civilians during the raid. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by government intelligence forces during operations against ISIS positions.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4