Roadside Bomb Kills Six Civilians Including Children in Farah (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 4, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Farah: Shib Koh
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.414955684086

Longitude: 61.228864503845

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shib Koh
Town/Village
Momin Abad area, Shib Koh district, Farah 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
  • Unknown
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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 4, 2017, six civilians were killed and six others wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Momin Abad while traveling toward the provincial capital of Farah. According to officials, children were among those killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Radio Free Europe

No of victims involved
6