Civilians Killed in Motorcycle Bomb Attack on Security Convoy - Khost (2019)
Incident- Date
- Jul 27, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Khost: Unknown
- Town/Village
- Khost City, Khost Province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Conflict parties
- Khost Protection Forces (KPF)
- 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 : Murder
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
A motorcycle bomb targeted a Khost Provincial Force convoy in the eastern part of Khost City, killing two civilians including a woman and wounding 30 others. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was directed at the security forces but resulted in significant civilian casualties in the provincial capital.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 32
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