Afghan Special Forces Night Raid Kills Six Civilians in Uruzgan (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۶ چنگاښ ۲۳
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Oruzgan: Tarin Kowt
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.6669194646242

Longitude: 65.9068082869349

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Tarin Kowt
Town Village
Sajawal locality, Tarin kowt, Uruzgan province
Types of Incident
  • Complex attack
  • Ground attack
  • Shooting
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • 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
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 14, 2017, Afghan Special Forces conducted a night raid in the Sajawal locality of Tarin kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan. According to residents and hospital sources, six civilians were killed and 14 others were injured during the operation. Local resident Adam Khan reported that security forces opened fire on civilians during the raid. Dr. Ziaurahman, head of Tarinkot Civil Hospital, confirmed that among the injured were four women, three children, and several men, with the critically injured transferred to Kandahar for treatment.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
20