{"id":52875,"date":"2019-09-23T23:03:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T23:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/23\/at-least-40-civilians-killed-in-anti-taliban-raids-afghan-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:26:19","slug":"at-least-40-civilians-killed-in-anti-taliban-raids-afghan-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/23\/at-least-40-civilians-killed-in-anti-taliban-raids-afghan-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 40 civilians killed in anti-Taliban raids, Afghan officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Anti-Taliban raids by Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes killed at least 40 civilians attending a wedding party in the southern Helmand province, Afghan officials said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The civilian deaths in Sunday night\u2019s raids on Taliban hideouts further rattled Afghanistan amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/09\/15\/top-us-general-for-nato-violence-will-rise-before-afghans-vote-on-new-president\/\" target=_blank>an upsurge in violence that\u2019s followed the collapse this month of U.S.-Taliban peace talks<\/a> to end America\u2019s longest war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are saddened and devastated to hear that civilians have lost their lives in an incident in Helmand despite President Ghani\u2019s repeated call for extra cautions in conducting military operations,\u201d said Sediq Sediqqi, President Ashraf Ghani\u2019s spokesman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that Helmand\u2019s provincial governor has been instructed to send an investigation team to the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/09\/11\/at-pentagon-911-ceremony-trump-says-hes-hitting-the-taliban-harder-than-ever-before\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5738129.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">At Pentagon 9\/11 ceremony, Trump says he\u2019s hitting the Taliban \u2018harder than ever before\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Hundreds of current and former Defense Department employees who were in the building on Sept. 11, 2001, along with families of the 125 killed, gathered at the Pentagon\u2019s 9\/11 memorial Wednesday morning to pay their respects. In his remarks, Trump alluded to the current situation in Afghanistan, where troops have been stationed since October 2001.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdul Majed Akhund, deputy provincial councilman, said most of the dead were women and children who were who were at a wedding ceremony in Musa Qala district. An additional 12 civilians were wounded and were hospitalized in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, Akhund said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The civilian deaths occurred during the second of two raids undertaken in different areas of Musa Qala, Attahullah Afghan, head of the provincial council, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operations killed 22 Taliban fighters, including foreigners, Afghanistan\u2019s defense ministry said in a statement. Fourteen people were arrested, including five Pakistani nationals and one Bangladeshi. The statement said a large warehouse of supplies and equipment was also destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe foreign terrorist group was actively engaged in organizing terrorist attacks,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/12\/taliban-wanted-a-deal-with-the-us-but-negotiators-leadership-at-odds-even-before-camp-david-meeting-called-off\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19181327646251.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Taliban wanted a deal with the US, but negotiators, leadership at odds even before Camp David meeting called off<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some were in more of a hurry than others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The raids came after a drone attack last week in eastern Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar province blamed on U.S. forces killed at least 16 and wounded tens of others, most of them civilians. 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