Afghan Special Forces Night Raid Kills Six Civilians in Uruzgan (2017)
Incident- Date
- Jul 14, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Uruzgan: Tarin Kowt
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.6669194646242
Longitude: 65.9068082869349
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Tarin Kowt
- Town/Village
- Sajawal locality, Tarin kowt, Uruzgan province
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Shooting
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On July 14, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted a night raid in the Sajawal locality of Tarin kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan. According to residents and hospital sources, six civilians were killed and 14 others were injured during the operation. Local resident Adam Khan reported that security forces opened fire on civilians during the raid. Dr. Ziaurahman, head of Tarinkot Civil Hospital, confirmed that among the injured were four women, three children, and several men, with the critically injured transferred to Kandahar for treatment.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 20
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