Civilian Casualties in Roadside Bombing - Ghazni 2019

Incident
Date
Feb 16, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Ghazni City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.553649501162

Longitude: 68.4306428259085

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ghazni City
Town/Village
Ghazni City, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • 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
  • Unknown
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

One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in a roadside explosion in Ghazni City. The improvised explosive device was planted by insurgent forces targeting Afghan security forces but resulted in civilian casualties. The bomb detonated as civilians were in the vicinity of the targeted area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
4