35 Civilians Killed in Bus Bombing - Farah (2019)

Incident
Date
Jul 31, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Bala Buluk
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.1240697387808

Longitude: 62.6631851081467

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Bala Buluk
Town/Village
Bala Buluk, Farah 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)
  • International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 : 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 struck a civilian bus in Balabulok District, killing 35 civilians and wounding 27 others. When Afghan forces arrived at the area to defuse remaining explosives, seven additional roadside bombs detonated, killing six soldiers and wounding four others. The incident involved multiple improvised explosive devices that caused massive civilian casualties and subsequent military losses during the clearance operation.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
62