Two of the Kandahar Strike Force's rockets landed on residential homes, killing five civilians

Incident
Date
Jan 17, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kandahar: Maywand
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6619926489105

Longitude: 64.9910104012577

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Maywand
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Kandahar Strike Force
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

The Kandahar Strike Force conducted a search operation that lead to clashes with the Taliban. Two of the Kandahar Strike Force's rockets landed on residential homes, killing five civilians (including a woman and three children) and injuring four others (including two women and a child).

Source_1

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 64, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf