Afghan Special Forces Operation Kills Three Civilians in Kandahar (2017)

Document
Date
۲۸ شهریور ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Khakrez
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.9879354289891

Longitude: 65.4755877918406

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khakrez
Ghorak
Town Village
Lalak and Zark areas, Khakrez and Ghorak districts, Kandahar province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Ground attack
  • Shooting
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On September 19, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted an overnight operation with air force support in the Lalak and Zark areas of Khakrez and Ghorak districts. The operation killed 14 militants and three civilians, with eight rebels arrested during the raid. Forces also recovered 35 motorcycles and weapons. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that civilians including women and children suffered casualties during the operation.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
3