Family Vehicle IED Casualties - Maidan Wardak (2015)

Incident
Date
Jul 13, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Maidan Wardak: Saydabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Saydabad
Town/Village
Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province,
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Victims:

  • Two civilians killed
  • Three civilians injured
  • All victims from the same family

Perpetrators: Unidentified Incident Type: Pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion

Narrative:

On July 13, 2015, a civilian vehicle struck a pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Saydabad District of Maidan Wardak Province. The vehicle was carrying five civilians from the same family who were returning to their home. The explosion killed two civilians and injured three others. Such IEDs were primarily used by anti-government elements, including Taliban and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), to impede the movement of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 39

No of victims involved
5