Roadside Bomb Kills Five Civilians in Southern Afghanistan (2016)

Incident
Date
May 24, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Kandahar: Shah Wali Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.3297704987188

Longitude: 66.0773364016513

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shah Wali Kot
Town/Village
Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On May 24, 2016, a roadside bomb exploded in Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province, killing five civilians and injuring four others. No group claimed responsibility for the detonation of the explosive device.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
9