Roadside Mine Kills Seven Civilians in Kandahar (2016)

Incident
Date
Nov 12, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Kandahar: Shah Wali Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.3297704987188

Longitude: 66.0773364016513

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shah Wali Kot
Town/Village
Tambakol area, Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On November 12, 2016, seven civilians were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside mine in the Tambakol area of Shah Wali Kot district. According to Samim Khpelwak, spokesperson for the Kandahar governor, the explosive device had been planted by insurgents to target security forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Bakhtar News

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No of victims involved
7