Afshar massacre

Afshar Operation
Part of the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
DateFebruary 11–12, 1993
Location
Afshar, Kabul, Afghanistan
Result

Islamic State and allies victory

  • Capture of Hezb-i Wahdat's positions and headquarters
  • End of violence by the Islamabad Accord
Belligerents
Supported by:
Saudi Arabia
Hezb-e Islami
Supported by:
Pakistan
Iran
Hezb-e Wahdat
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Anwar Dangar
Sayed Hussein Anwari
Mohammed Fahim
Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf
Mullah Ezat
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Abdul Ali Mazari
Commander Shafi Hazara
Casualties and losses
Unknown

~700 Civilians killed or disappeared

~4000 Homes looted or destroyed

The Afshar Massacre was a state-sponsored military operation in Afghanistan that took place on February 11–12, 1993 during the Second Afghan Civil War. The operation was launched by Ahmad Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani's Islamic State of Afghanistan government and the allied Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf's Ittehad-i Islami paramilitary forces against the densely populated, Hazara majority, Afshar district in west Kabul. The Afshar operation, which saw hundreds of Shia Hazaras systemically targeted and depopulated from villages in the area was considered one of the first such sectarian oriented incident in Afghanistan's modern history. It is also considered to have been one of the worst single events in Afghanistan's wars.

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