Wedding Party Killed by Helicopter Fire During Night Raid - Helmand (2019)
Document- Date
- ۱ مهر ۱۳۹۸
- Year of Incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Unknown
- Town Village
- Kunjak, Helmand Province
- Types of Incident
- Air Strikes
- Clash
- Ground attack
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan Air Forces (AAF)
- 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
- 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
Afghan special forces killed six foreign fighters in a night raid against Abdul Raziq, the commander of the Taliban in Musa Qala. A wedding party then drove into the raid area and helicopters overhead opened fire, killing 40 civilians and wounding an additional 12. The civilian casualties occurred when the wedding procession inadvertently entered the active military operation zone.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 52
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