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)
- KhakrezGhorak
- 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
- No of victims involved
- 3
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