KPF Kills Three Adults and Burns Child Alive During House Search in Khost (2018)

Incident
Date
Mar 4, 2018
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Khost: Nadir Shah Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3160761237395

Longitude: 69.698638774629

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Nadir Shah Kot
Town/Village
Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 4, 2018, approximately 20 Khost Protection Force (KPF) personnel conducted a search operation at a family house in Nadir Shah Kot district. During the operation, they shot and killed two civilian brothers and one of their wives. The KPF personnel then set fire to a vehicle in front of the house and to the family home itself, burning alive a three-year-old girl inside. They also took three male relatives to their base but released them later that day after hundreds of local residents protested the incident.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
7