Explosion at Election Rally Kills Twenty-One Civilians in Rustaq, Takhar (2018)
Document- Date
- ۱۱ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Rustaq
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 23.4438639246448
Longitude: 57.4331610238651
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Rustaq
- Town Village
- Rustaq district, Takhar province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Targeted Killing
- 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)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Unknown: Persecution
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 13, 2018, an explosion occurred at an election rally for a parliamentary candidate in Rustaq district, killing 21 civilians and one member of the National Directorate of Security. The blast also wounded 33 civilians and three police officers. This attack deliberately targeted participants in the democratic process, representing a significant assault on electoral activities and civilian political participation.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 54
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