Mine Blast Injures Civilians - Faryab (2015)

Incident
Date
Feb 28, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Faryab: Gurziwan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.6042757180769

Longitude: 65.6046786238862

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gurziwan
Town/Village
Garziwan District, Faryab Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • 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 : Use of mines against civilians
  • Other Crimes : Wilfully causing great suffering
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: February 28, 2015

Location: Gurziwan District, Faryab Province

Victims: Five women (family members of local police) injured One child injured

Perpetrators: Unspecified

Incident Type: Mine blast

Claimed Responsibility: Not specified

Narrative: On February 28, 2015, a mine blast occurred in the Garziwan District of Faryab Province, Afghanistan. The incident took place near a local police checkpoint that had reportedly joined anti-government forces. As a result of the explosion, five women, who were family members of local police personnel, and one child were injured. The mines had been planted around the checkpoint.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

AIHRC

No of victims involved
7