Mother and Son Among Civilians Killed in Bombing Targeting Health Director - Uruzgan (2019)

Incident
Date
Dec 26, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Uruzgan: Tarin Kowt
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.6669194646242

Longitude: 65.9068082869349

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Tarin Kowt
Town/Village
Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province
Types of incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital, a motorcycle laden with explosives detonated near a vehicle belonging to the health director of Uruzgan, killing three civilians, including a mother and her son, and injuring the head of the health department and two of his employees. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeted the health official but resulted in civilian casualties among bystanders.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5