Landmine Explosion at Vegetable Shop Kills One Civilian in Nangarhar (2017)

Document
Date
۲۲ شهریور ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Malocho Street, Jalalabad district, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
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
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: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On September 13, 2017, a landmine exploded inside a vegetable shop on Malocho Street in Jalalabad, killing one civilian and wounding eight others. The explosion occurred in a commercial area, with one body and eight injured individuals taken to the local hospital. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device in the civilian marketplace.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
9