Explosion at Election Rally Kills Twenty-One Civilians in Rustaq, Takhar (2018)
Incident- Date
- Oct 3, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Rustaq
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 23.4438639246448
Longitude: 57.4331610238651
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Rustaq
- Town/Village
- Rustaq district, Takhar province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Targeted Killing
- 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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 13, 2018, an explosion occurred at an election rally for a parliamentary candidate in Rustaq district, killing 21 civilians and one member of the National Directorate of Security. The blast also wounded 33 civilians and three police officers. This attack deliberately targeted participants in the democratic process, representing a significant assault on electoral activities and civilian political participation.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 54
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