The Khogyani Road Bombing of Hazara Family, Ghazni (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 10, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Ghazni: Khugiani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khogyani
Town/Village
Khogyani
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Office of National Security Council (ONSC)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On April 10, 2015, a roadside bomb blast in the village of Khogyani, Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, resulted in the deaths of 12 Hazara passengers. Among the victims were six children and women, all from the same family. They were traveling in a Toyota Town Ace minibus from Qarabagh District to Khogyani District to attend a wedding when their vehicle triggered a remotely controlled improvised explosive device (RC-IED), killing everyone on board. No group or organization has claimed responsibility for this explosion.

Source_1

AHRDO Archive

VOA Dari

BBC Persian

Source_2

8am Daily

Hazara Genocide

No of victims involved
12