Civilian Killed in Bomb Targeting District Officials - Ghōr 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 23, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Dawlat Yar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5581103936567

Longitude: 65.7663436927913

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Dawlat Yar
Town/Village
Dawlat Yar, Ghōr Province
Types of incident
  • 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
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • 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 placed close to the district council compound in Dawlat Yar District detonated, killing one civilian. The intended target was the district governor and other officials who were heading to the council, but all escaped unharmed. The improvised explosive device was positioned to target government officials but instead resulted in civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1