Roadside Bomb Kills Five Civilians in Qadis District, Badghis Province (2016)
Incident- Date
- May 5, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Badghis: Qadis
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 35.2540541201875
Longitude: 63.4893250717669
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Qadis
- Town/Village
- Qadis district, Badghis Province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- 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)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- 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
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 5, 2016, during the morning hours, a civilian van struck a roadside bomb in Qadis district of Badghis Province. The explosion killed five civilians and wounded five others. Deputy Provincial Police Chief Abdul Ali Zamani attributed the attack to the Taliban, though no group immediately claimed responsibility.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 10
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