Two of the Kandahar Strike Force's rockets landed on residential homes, killing five civilians

Document
Date
۲۷ دی ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kandahar: Maywand
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6619926489105

Longitude: 64.9910104012577

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Maywand
Types of Incident
  • Heavy Weapon attack
Conflict Parties
  • Kandahar Strike Force
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary

The Kandahar Strike Force conducted a search operation that lead to clashes with the Taliban. Two of the Kandahar Strike Force's rockets landed on residential homes, killing five civilians (including a woman and three children) and injuring four others (including two women and a child).

Sources

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 64, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf