Civilian Killed in Militia Clash - Herat 2019

Incident
Date
Jun 12, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Ghoryan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3405171328293

Longitude: 61.4998472752103

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ghoryan
Town/Village
Ghoryan, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Clash
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

One civilian and two local militia members were killed in clashes between two armed groups in Ghoryan district. The civilian was caught in the crossfire during the fighting between the rival militia factions. The reason for the clash between the armed groups remains unclear.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1