Four Civilians Killed in Taliban-Government Forces Clash - Faryab (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ لیندۍ ۳۰
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Faryab: Almar
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.8588194218017

Longitude: 64.5516276444285

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Almar
Town Village
Almar, Faryab Province
Types of Incident
  • Clash
  • Ground attack
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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Four civilians were killed and nine others were wounded during a clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Almar District. The civilian casualties occurred as the two opposing forces engaged in combat, with non-combatants caught in the fighting.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
13