Civilians Killed by Taliban Roadside Bomb - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Apr 13, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Khogyani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khogyani
Town/Village
Bam Ragha, Khogyani, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • 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 : 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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Two civilians were killed and four others were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by Taliban forces in Bam Ragha village. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the civilian vehicle, causing multiple casualties among the passengers traveling in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6