Afghan Special Forces Mistakenly Raid Wrong Home Killing 3 Civilians in Nangarhar(2017)
Incident- Date
- Sep 22, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Jalalabad
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.4552967856833
Longitude: 70.4518092111804
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Jalalabad
- Town/Village
- Jalalabad (capital of Nangarhar province)
- Types of incident
- 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)
- 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
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On September 22, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid on a home in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, allegedly mistakenly targeting the wrong residence. The forces opened fire on people who had gathered at the home, killing three civilians: a Nangarhar customs official, a driver of former President Hamid Karzai, and another official. It remains unclear whether the victims were guests at the home or family members. The erroneous raid resulted in these civilian casualties due to the misidentification of the target location.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 4
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