KPF Kills Three Civilians Including Ninth-Grade Student in Sabari (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ غبرگولی ۱۰
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Khost: Sabari
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5669627215823

Longitude: 69.8784168298907

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Sabari
Town Village
Sabari district, Khost province
Types of Incident
  • Complex attack
  • Execution
  • Ground attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Summary execution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 31, 2018, a Khost Protection Force search operation in Sabari district resulted in the deaths of at least three civilians, including a boy in ninth grade. According to the boy's father, KPF personnel broke into his house, tied up him and his ten sons, killed one of his sons, and then left. This incident represents extrajudicial killings by a pro-government paramilitary force during a search operation.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
3