A Taliban IED Hit a Civilian Minibus in Ghazni. (2019)

Incident
Date
Dec 13, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Jeghatoo
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.7750907574508

Longitude: 68.364741534513

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jaghatu
Town/Village
Dara-e-Qiyaq
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • CIA backed Afghan Military Strike Force
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 13, 2019, a pressure-plate IED placed in a passenger car by the Taliban detonated in the Qiyagh Valley of Jaghatu district, Ghazni province. The explosion impacted a civilian minibus traveling on the road from Daikundi to Ghazni city. Tragically, ten civilians lost their lives (including five men, three women, one girl, and one boy), and nine others sustained injuries (including six men, two boys, and one girl).

Source_1

AHRDO Archive

UNAEMA Casualty Report

Etilaatroz

Source_2

Hasht-e-Subh

DW Farsi

No of victims involved
10