Khost Protection Force Kills Two Civilians Returning from Market in Khost (2017)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۶ وری ۱۸
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Khost: Sabari
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 33.5669627215823
Longitude: 69.8784168298907
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Sabari
- Town Village
- Sabari district, Khost province
- Types of Incident
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
- Local Militia
- 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: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On April 7, 2017, members of the Khost Protection Force (KPF) shot and killed two civilian men who were traveling home after purchasing food items from Khost City in Sabari district. Following the incident, KPF members reportedly apologized to the victims' families. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) found no indication that Khost authorities conducted an investigation into these killings by the pro-government paramilitary unit.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 2
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