Afghan Paramilitary Force Kills Five Family Members in Rodat, Nangarhar (2018)

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Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Rodat
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4902007239537

Longitude: 70.5536950425598

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Rodat
Town Village
Rodat district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • 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
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Persecution
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

In October 2018, an Afghan paramilitary force unit raided a home in Rodat district and shot dead five civilian members of one family, including an elderly woman and a child. This incident represents a mass killing of civilians from a single family during a military operation conducted by forces operating under CIA backing.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
5