Civilians Including Women and Children Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack - Kandahar (2020)

Incident
Date
May 16, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kandahar
Town/Village
Ainomena area, Kandahar City, Kandahar Province
Types of incident
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Compelling service in hostile forces
  • Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 16 May 2020, a roadside bomb struck a group of civilians in the Ainomena area of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, killing three civilians and wounding five others, including women and children.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
8