Afghan Special Forces Night Raid Kills Six Civilians in Uruzgan (2017)
Document- Date
- ۲۳ تیر ۱۳۹۶
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Oruzgan: Tarin Kowt
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 32.6669194646242
Longitude: 65.9068082869349
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Tarin Kowt
- Town Village
- Sajawal locality, Tarin kowt, Uruzgan province
- Types of Incident
- Complex attack
- Ground attack
- Shooting
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
- 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
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On July 14, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted a night raid in the Sajawal locality of Tarin kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan. According to residents and hospital sources, six civilians were killed and 14 others were injured during the operation. Local resident Adam Khan reported that security forces opened fire on civilians during the raid. Dr. Ziaurahman, head of Tarinkot Civil Hospital, confirmed that among the injured were four women, three children, and several men, with the critically injured transferred to Kandahar for treatment.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 20
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