Afghan Special Forces Allegedly Execute 20 Civilians During Raid in Kandahar (2018)

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Date
۱۱ بهمن ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Kandahar: Maywand
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6619926489105

Longitude: 64.9910104012577

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Maywand
Town Village
Maiwand village, Maywand district, Kandahar province
Types of Incident
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Ground attack
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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 31, 2018, during a raid on a Taliban stronghold in Maiwand village, Afghan special forces reportedly executed 20 civilians. This incident represents allegations of extrajudicial killings by government security forces during a counter-insurgency operation targeting Taliban positions.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
20