At least 16 civilians were killed during a joint military operation lead by Afghan and American forces

Incident
Date
Jan 23, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Helmand: Sangin
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.0703835314375

Longitude: 64.8529380270456

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sangin
Types of incident
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan forces
  • Coalition forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

At least 16 civilians were killed during a joint military operation lead by Afghan and American forces. The house where the civilians lived was targeted. It is unclear if the house was hit by an airstrike or a rocket.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: Jan. 18-24, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html