Airstrike Kills One Civilian in Pusht Rod, Farah (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 22, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Farah: Pusht Rod
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.605704793842

Longitude: 62.0404552155533

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pusht Rod
Town/Village
Pusht Rod district, Farah province
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Bombing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
  • 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)
  • 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 December 22, 2018, an airstrike in Pusht Rod district killed one civilian. The strike was possibly targeting Taliban forces, though the responsible party was not identified. This incident represents civilian casualties from aerial operations in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1