National Directorate of Security Special Forces conducted an operation against the Taliban

Incident
Date
Feb 9, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunar: Marawara
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.8912639120343

Longitude: 71.1694652008618

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Marawara
Types of incident
  • Complex Attack
Conflict parties
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
Summary of incident

National Directorate of Security Special Forces conducted an operation against the Taliban. Three civilians were killed by gunfire. Local officials also claim that the Taliban suffered casualties.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 8-14, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html