A father and his three sons were killed by American forces during a night raid

Document
Date
۲۴ اسفند ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Paktia: Zurmat
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.4359885654695

Longitude: 69.0310478013903

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Zurmat
Town Village
Sahak
Types of Incident
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Coalition forces
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

A father and his three sons were killed by American forces during a night raid. Local authorities claimed that a number of Taliban fighters were killed in the raid, but they did not provide exact figures. The Afghan government launched an investigation to find out more about civilian casualties.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: March 15-21, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.