13 Civilians Killed In Foreign Forces Operation In Kapisa

Mahfoz Safi, the provincial council’s deputy chief, said the incident occurred on Sunday night in the Badrab village during a foreign forces operation against Taliban and as a result civilians were killed. 
According to Safi, children and women were also among the victims and three others were wounded in the incident. 
Safi said that all the victims were residents of the area. 
However, Resolute Support rejected the claims of civilian casualties and in a statement to TOLOnews said: “During an Afghan army operation in Kapisa, the Afghan forces came under fire from a local mobilization militia.  The Afghan army requested air support. US helicopters were present to provide the support and immediately came under fire from the local militia and returned fire in self-defense, resulting in the wounding of six militia.  As the fog of war lifted and it became clear the militia had fired in error, the wounded militia members were airlifted and they are currently receiving treatment in a US hospital.  We have no indication of non-combatant casualties,” said Commander Grant Neeley, a US Forces – Afghanistan spokesman.
Meanwhile, the Kapisa provincial governor’s spokesman confirmed an operation was carried out in the Tagab district but did not confirm the killing of civilians.