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
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- No of victims involved
- 10
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