Civilian Killed by Roadside Bomb Near Police Headquarters - Kandahār 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 1, 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
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
  • 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 : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A roadside bomb detonated near police headquarters at around 11 a.m. in Kandahar City, killing one civilian. The explosive device was intended to target officials but instead resulted in the death of a civilian who was in the vicinity of the blast.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1