Civilians Killed by Taliban Roadside Bomb - Nangarhār 2019

Document
Date
۲۴ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Khogyani
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khogyani
Town Village
Bam Ragha, Khogyani, Nangarhār 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)
  • 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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Two civilians were killed and four others were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by Taliban forces in Bam Ragha village. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the civilian vehicle, causing multiple casualties among the passengers traveling in the area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6