Afghan Special Forces Operation Kills Three Civilians in Nangarhar (2017)

Incident
Date
Sep 10, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Lal Pur
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5342996621835

Longitude: 70.8898243340631

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Lal Pur
Town/Village
Beli area, Lal pur district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Using protected persons as shields
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On September 10, 2017, an Afghan Special Forces operation in the Beli area of Lal pur district resulted in the deaths of two Taliban commanders and three civilians. The district chief alleged that the civilians were killed by Taliban gunfire during the engagement. This incident occurred during a military operation targeting insurgent leadership that resulted in civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
3