Roadside Bombing Kills Two Policemen and Civilian in Soor, Farah (2017)

Incident
Date
Aug 26, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Farah: Farah
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.4474774615319

Longitude: 62.1455285395971

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Farah
Town/Village
Soor area, Farah city, Farah province
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • 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)
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 26, 2017, a roadside bomb exploded in the Soor area of Farah city, killing two policemen and one civilian, while wounding two other policemen. The civilian victim was reportedly passing through the area when the explosion occurred. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
5