NDS-02 Operation Kills Five Civilian Men in Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 22, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Surkh Rod
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4124411566578

Longitude: 70.3160950249599

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Surkh Rod
Town/Village
Surkh Rod district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Clash
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • NDS-02
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 October 22, 2018, five civilian men were killed by NDS-02 forces during a ground engagement operation against Taliban forces in Surkh Rod district. The civilian casualties occurred during military operations conducted by the elite intelligence unit against insurgent targets.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
5