Children Unexploded Ordnance Casualties - Badakhshan (2015)

Incident
Date
Jul 18, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Badakhshan: Wurduj
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7718236923911

Longitude: 71.1845397949218

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Wurduj
Town/Village
Wurduj District, Badakhshan Province,
Types of incident
  • Explosive Remnant of War (ERW)
  • Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 18, 2015, three boys discovered an unexploded mortar round in a field in Wurduj District of Badakhshan Province. The ordnance subsequently detonated, killing one boy and injuring the other two. According to local community sources, the mortar round was likely a remnant from ground engagement between Taliban forces and the Afghan National Army that had occurred the previous day.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 23

No of victims involved
3