Three civilians were killed by the Taliban because they were family members of pro-government militia members

Incident
Date
Jan 18, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Khwaja Sabz Posh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.0444096494222

Longitude: 64.6135202440955

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khwaja Sabz Posh
Town/Village
Ghozari, Yangi Qala
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

Three civilians were killed by the Taliban because they were family members of pro-government militia members. Both villages are under Taliban control.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: Jan. 18-24, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html