Two children were killed during an explosion in the Ninth Police District of Mazar-i-Sharif City

Incident
Date
Jan 14, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Types of incident
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

Two children were killed during an explosion in the Ninth Police District of Mazar-i-Sharif City, the provincial capital. There was a subsequent explosion when people arrived at the scene, wounding another seven civilians and the district governor’s bodyguard.

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Afghan War Casualty Report: January 2020, New York Times, 30 January 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-january-2020.html