Explosion at Political Rally Kills Eight Civilians in Lashkargah, Helmand (2018)
Incident- Date
- Oct 9, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Lashkargah
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6109352297402
Longitude: 64.406487844484
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Lashkargah
- Town/Village
- Lashkargah City, Helmand province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- 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
- 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
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 9, 2018, an explosion occurred at a political rally in Lashkargah City, killing eight civilians and wounding twelve others. This attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in the political process, representing an assault on democratic participation and electoral activities.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 20
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