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Roqia Mostafawi

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    1991

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Unknown

  • Province of birth:

  • Gender:

    Male

  • Ethnicity:

    Sadat

  • Education:

    Unknown

  • Date of the main incident:

    July 24, 2017

  • Place of the main incident:

    Pol-e-Sokhta, Sar-e-Kariz

  • Related incident:

Incident description

On July 24, 2017, a car bomb struck a government bus transporting employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, resulting in the deaths of at least 35 individuals and injuring 40 others. The victims were all civilians, mostly of Hazara ethnicity employed by the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines. The explosion took place in the Sar-e-Kariz area of District 3 in western Kabul. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the group had targeted employees of the National Directorate of Security.

Source

AHRDO Archive Guardian New York Times Euro News Farsi BBC Persian BBC Persian 8am Daily [Hazara Genocide Archive](Ministry of Mines | Hazara Genocide Archive)

Alleged type of harm

  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Act of genocide: Killing
  • Crime against humanity: Extermination
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution

Roqia Mostafawi

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Kabul: Kabul

  • Latitude:

    34.5168788437339

  • Longitude:

    69.1499999975304

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Witness/Survivor Statement

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