Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing - Ghazni 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 12, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Andar
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3183516957056

Longitude: 68.4496566388923

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Andar
Town/Village
Andar, Ghazni 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • 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 : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Three civilians were killed and 11 others were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Andar district. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the civilian vehicle, resulting in multiple casualties among the passengers. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
14