Villagers Killed in Taliban Attack - Herat 2019

Document
Date
۱۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Farsi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.6974304788993

Longitude: 63.0929577791438

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Farsi
Town Village
Barpul, Farsi, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Ground attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Taliban forces attacked the village of Barpul, killing 14 villagers and five pro-government militia members. The assault targeted the civilian population of the village along with local security personnel, resulting in significant casualties among the non-combatant residents.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
14