Civilians Killed in Car Bomb Attack on US Convoy - Kabul 2019

Incident
Date
May 31, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Qala-e-Wazir area, Kabul City, Kabul Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • 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
  • US forces
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

A convoy of American forces was targeted by a car bomb in the Qala-e-Wazir area of Kabul City, reportedly wounding four Americans. Four Afghan civilians were killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was directed at the US military convoy but resulted in civilian casualties among Afghans in the vicinity of the attack.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7