Civilians Wounded in Roadside Bomb Attack on Checkpoint - Nangarhār (2019)

Incident
Date
Oct 25, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad City, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • 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 : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A security checkpoint was targeted by a roadside bomb in Jalalabad City, the provincial capital, killing two soldiers and wounding four civilians. The improvised explosive device was directed at the government security position but resulted in civilian casualties among those in the vicinity.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4