Five Family Members Executed During Search Operation - Paktia 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 14, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Zurmat
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.4359885654695

Longitude: 69.0310478013903

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Zurmat
Town/Village
Haibat Khail, Zurmat, Paktia Province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Ground Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • 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 : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Khost Protection Force, supported by air assets from international forces, conducted a search operation against Taliban targets in Haibat Khail village. During the operation, Khost Protection Force personnel killed five civilian men from one family, including a father, his three sons, and his nephew. The victims were taken in front of their house where they were executed by the Khost Protection Force.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
5