Children Killed by Explosive Remnant of War While Playing - Kabul (2015)

Incident
Date
Nov 24, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, Kabul Province
Types of incident
  • Explosive Remnant of War (ERW)
  • Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
  • Explosion
Conflict parties
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 24 November 2015, a group of children playing in an abandoned house in Kabul City, Kabul Province, found an explosive remnant of war and threw it against a wall. The ERW detonated, killing seven boys and a girl and injuring three others.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
11