Coalition Air and Ground Attacks on ISIS Kill Four Civilians in Chawkay, Kunar (2018)

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Date
۸ آذر ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Kunar: Chawkay
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.9520265575708

Longitude: 70.9316364661944

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chawkay
Town Village
Chawkay district, Kunar province
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Clash
  • Complex attack
  • Ground attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On November 29, 2018, coalition forces conducted air and ground attacks targeting Islamic State positions in Chawkay district, killing four civilians during the operations. This incident represents civilian casualties caused by international military forces during counter-ISIS operations.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4