Car Bomb Kills Civilians and Injures Over 100 Children - Ghazni 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 7, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Ghazni City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.553649501162

Longitude: 68.4306428259085

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Ghazni City
Town/Village
Ghazni City, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A car bomb detonated in Ghazni City, killing 12 people and wounding 197 others. Most of those wounded were civilians, including more than a hundred children. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device caused massive casualties in the provincial capital, with children comprising a significant portion of the wounded. Officials did not provide a detailed breakdown of the casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
209