The Taliban attacked a village, killing 14 civilians and five pro-government militia members

Incident
Date
۱۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Farsi
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6974304788993

Longitude: 63.0929577791438

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Farsi
Town/Village
Barpul
Types of incident
  • Complex attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

The Taliban attacked the village of Barpul, killing 14 villagers and five pro-government militia members.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 3-9, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.