Motorcycle Hits Taliban Roadside Bomb - Ghōr (2019)

Document
Date
۲ شهریور ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Chaghcharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chaghcharan
Town Village
Midan Barra Khana village, Firozkoh, Ghōr Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A motorcycle struck a roadside bomb placed by Taliban forces in Midan Barra Khana village of Firouz Koh, the provincial capital, killing two civilians and wounding a woman. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the civilian motorcycle, causing casualties among the passengers.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
3