Woman Killed in US Special Forces Operation - Paktika 2019

Document
Date
۲ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktika: Sar Hawza
Town Village
Sar Rawza, Paktika Province
Types of Incident
  • Ground attack
  • Shooting
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
  • US forces
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • 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
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A woman was killed during a military operation conducted by American Special Forces in Sar Rawza district. Local authorities reported that six Taliban members were also killed during the same operation. The civilian casualty occurred as US forces engaged Taliban targets in the area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1