Afghan Local Police Shoot Civilians at Checkpoint in Darzab, Jowzjan (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ کب ۲۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Jowzjan: Darzab
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.0284310892941

Longitude: 65.3665355269909

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Darzab
Town Village
Darzab district, Jowzjan province
Types of Incident
  • Shooting
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • 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 civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 16, 2017, Afghan Local Police personnel shot and injured a man and his mother at a checkpoint in Darzab district. The shooting occurred when the police mistakenly identified the civilians as anti-government elements as they approached the checkpoint. This incident represents a case of misidentification leading to civilian casualties at the hands of government security forces.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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UN

No of victims involved
2