Improvised Explosive Device Kills Six Family Members in Waza Khwa District (2016)

Incident
Date
Feb 21, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Paktika: Waza Khwa
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.5082186198022

Longitude: 68.3410455750978

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Waza Khwa
Town/Village
Waza Khwa district, Paktika
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On February 21, 2016, six members of a family were killed when their motorcycle triggered an improvised explosive device in Waza Khwa district. According to Police Chief Zarawr Zahid, the Taliban had placed the IED on the road to target security forces, but the passing civilian motorcycle detonated it instead. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara

No of victims involved
6