Roadside Bomb Kills Three Family Members in Ainak Area, Nawa, Helmand (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 23, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Helmand: Unknown
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.7739208749532

Longitude: 67.904022693203

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Nawa
Town/Village
Ainak area, Nawa district, Helmand 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 : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 23, 2018, a family vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Ainak area of Nawa district, killing three civilians and wounding three children from the same family. This incident demonstrates the vulnerability of civilian families to indiscriminate explosive devices while traveling on local roads.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6