Taliban Remote-Controlled IED Attack on Police Kills One Civilian in Kandahar (2017)

Incident
Date
May 16, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Unknown
Town/Village
Kandahar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
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)
  • 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 May 16, 2017, the Taliban detonated two remote-controlled improvised explosive devices (RC-IEDs) in a targeted attack against Afghan National Police in Kandahar province. The explosions killed one civilian and injured nine others. While the Taliban's intended target was security forces, the attack resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
10