Women and Children Killed in Joint Airstrike - Kunduz 2019

Document
Date
۳ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kunduz: Unknown
Town Village
Gul Tepa, Kunduz Province
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
  • Bombing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • US forces
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
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

At least 14 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in an airstrike conducted by joint American and Afghan forces in Gul Tepa. The aerial bombardment also resulted in the deaths of at least four Afghan soldiers. The strike was carried out as part of operations led by the combined forces in the area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
14