Roadside Bomb Kills Two Civilians in Laghman (2016)

Incident
Date
Dec 25, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Laghman: Mihtarlam
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.6681219710235

Longitude: 70.2116274065574

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mihtarlam
Town/Village
Mihtarlam, Laghman province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • 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)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • 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 December 25, 2016, a roadside bomb exploded in Mihtarlam, killing at least two Afghan civilians. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2