Civilians Killed in Night Raid - Maidan Wardak 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 9, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Maidan Wardak: Saydabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Saydabad
Town/Village
Tangi Dara, Saydabad, Maidan Wardak 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)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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

A woman and two children were killed during a night raid conducted by Afghan security forces in Tangi Dara village. Local authorities reported that a Taliban commander was also killed during the same operation. The civilian casualties occurred as government forces carried out the nighttime military operation in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3