Afghan Forces Helicopter Attack Kills Two Civilians Sheltering Taliban in Helmand (2018)
Document- Date
- ۶ آذر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Garmsir
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.1335388120356
Longitude: 64.2131983682569
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Garmsir
- Town Village
- Garmsir district, Helmand province
- Types of Incident
- Air Strikes
- 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
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Using protected persons as shields
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On November 27, 2018, Taliban members on motorcycles escaping an airstrike in Garmsir district arrived at a nearby village and knocked on civilian doors seeking shelter. When two civilians opened their doors, Afghan national security forces in a helicopter targeted the location, killing both the Taliban members and the two male civilians who had provided shelter. This incident demonstrates how civilians become casualties when they are in proximity to military targets during combat operations.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 2
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