Civilian Vehicle Targeted in Roadside Bombing - Laghman 2019

Incident
Date
Feb 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Laghman: Qarghayi
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.7380440228592

Longitude: 70.1226978517993

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Qarghayi
Town/Village
Sorkhakan, Qarghayi, Laghman Province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Sorkhakan village, killing all six occupants. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the vehicle, resulting in the deaths of all passengers. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6