Civilians Killed in Taliban Attack on Police Headquarters - Kandahār 2019
Incident- Date
- Jul 18, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Kandahar City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6311552979186
Longitude: 65.7419292332302
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kandahar
- Town/Village
- Kandahar City, Kandahār Province
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Taliban forces used two vehicles laden with explosives to attack police headquarters in Kandahar City. Suicide bombers attempted to enter the headquarters but were shot and killed by security forces. Two police officers and nine civilians were killed in the assault, while 89 people were wounded, including four women and 11 children. Four trucks parked in the vicinity of the clash were destroyed, and the explosion shattered the doors and windows of nearby houses, causing extensive damage to civilian property.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 98
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