IED in Volleyball Field Kills Three Civilians in Barfak, Tala wa Barfak, Baghlan (2019)
Incident- Date
- Jan 25, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Baghlan: Tala Wa Barfak
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 35.4621578422521
Longitude: 68.5313033477431
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Tala Wa Barfak
- Town/Village
- Barfak area, Tala wa Barfak district, Baghlan province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- 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 : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 25, 2019, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed in a volleyball field exploded in the Barfak area, killing three civilians and one Taliban member, while wounding 20 civilians. The village was under Taliban control at the time of the incident. This attack targeted a recreational area where civilians were engaged in sports activities.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 23
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