An American drone strike targeted a gathering of tribal elders, killing four people

Incident
Date
۱۷ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pul-i-Alam
Town/Village
Padkhab-e-Shana
Types of incident
  • Air Strikes
Conflict parties
  • Coalition forces
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

The head of the provincial council claimed that an American drone strike targeted a gathering of tribal elders, killing four tribal elders. Local officials confirmed the airstrike was carried out by an American drone and four people were killed. The government was still collecting information about the identity of those killed.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 5-11, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.