National Directorate of Security Raid Kills Eight Civilians in Logar (2018)

Incident
Date
Nov 21, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Logar: Mohammad Agha
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.2181063276396

Longitude: 69.0987680923807

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mohammad Agha
Town/Village
Mohammad Agha district, Logar province
Types of incident
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
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
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 21, 2018, the National Directorate of Security conducted a raid against Taliban forces in Mohammad Agha district, killing eight civilians during the operation. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by government intelligence forces during counter-insurgency operations targeting Taliban militants.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
8