An airstrike by international military forces resulted in the deaths of eight civilians

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ سلواغه ۲۸
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Herat: Kushk
Types of Incident
  • Air Strikes
Conflict Parties
  • Coalition forces
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary

Before the ‘reduction in violence’ week, when an airstrike by international military forces in Kushk district of Herat province resulted in the deaths of eight civilians (three women and five children).

Sources

2020 Quarterly Report (released April 2020), Page 5, UNAMA, April 2020, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_2020_first_quarter_report_english_0.pdf