Roadside Bomb Kills Eight-Year-Old Child in Khwaja Sabz Posh, Faryab (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 1, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Faryab: Khwaja Sabz Posh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.0444096494222

Longitude: 64.6135202440955

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khwaja Sabz Posh
Town/Village
Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab 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
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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 1, 2018, a roadside bomb exploded in Khwaja Sabz Posh district, killing an 8-year-old child and wounding three other civilians. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4