Brothers Killed in Drone Strike While Seeking Phone Signal - Faryab (2019)

Document
Date
۱۳ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Pashtun Kot
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.8322207280925

Longitude: 64.7716331534889

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pashtun Kot
Town Village
Shorcha Village, Pashton Kot, Faryab Province
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
  • 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
  • Unknown
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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Two brothers were killed and another was wounded in a drone strike in Shorcha Village of Pashton Kot District after climbing a hill in the area to get a proper phone signal. The aerial attack targeted the civilians as they sought to access mobile communication services from an elevated location.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3