CIA-Backed Strike Force Kills Civilians Including Child - Logar 2019

Document
Date
۱۵ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pul-i-Alam
Town Village
Padkhan Shana, Puli Alam, Logar 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 Strike Force
  • CIA backed Afghan Military Strike Force
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A CIA-backed Afghan strike force killed three civilians, including a young girl, and wounded one other person during an operation in Padkhan Shana village. Local officials complained that the strike force unit failed to notify them that an attack was planned in their area. The incident resulted in civilian casualties during the uncoordinated military operation.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4