Roadside Bomb Kills Four Civilians in Kandahar (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 3, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Unknown
Town/Village
Kandahar 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 July 3, 2017, at least four civilians were killed and one other was wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Kandahar province. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Radio Free Europe

No of victims involved
5