Roadside Mine Kills Three Civilians in Hotqul Area, Jaghuri, Ghazni (2018)
Incident- Date
- Dec 15, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Jaghuri
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.410303469151
Longitude: 67.4975265361925
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Jaghuri
- Town/Village
- Hotqul area, Jaghuri district, Ghazni province
- Types of incident
- Anti-Personnel Mine
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Roadside Bomb
- Targeted Killing
- 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 : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On December 15, 2018, a roadside mine exploded in the Hotqul area of Jaghuri district, killing three civilians and wounding three others. The mine had reportedly been placed to target Afghan Security Forces but instead caused casualties among the civilian population. This incident demonstrates the indiscriminate nature of anti-personnel mines that kill anyone who triggers them.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 6
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