Afghanistan night raids

Night raids were a military tactic employed by United States and Afghan special forces during the War in Afghanistan. In these raids, units from U.S. Joint Special Operations Command worked alongside Afghan Commandos to leverage superior night vision capabilities to conduct capture-or-kill raids on the suspected households of targets on the Joint Prioritized Effects List compiled by coalition forces. The operations were sometimes controversial, particularly regarding civilian casualties and claims that because coalition human intelligence collectors paid for tips, the target set may have included individuals falsely accused by financially motivated tipsters.

The tactic was effectively discontinued as U.S. and coalition forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.