Girl Killed by Taliban IED in Family Home After Retreat - Kunduz (2015)

Incident
Date
Nov 1, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Kunduz: Kunduz city
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7971548392469

Longitude: 68.8574981689453

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kunduz
Town/Village
Kunduz City, Kunduz Province
Types of incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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

On 1 November 2015, a pressure-plate IED detonated inside a civilian house in Kunduz City, Kunduz Province, killing one girl and injuring a woman and a boy when they returned to their home after the Taliban withdrew from the city. Sources reported that the Taliban planted the IED as they retreated, in order to target advancing Afghan security forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
3