Market Bombing Kills Civilian - Nangarhār (2019)

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Date
۱ شهریور 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
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • 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

One civilian was killed and 14 others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a bazaar area of Khogyani District. The improvised explosive device detonated in the civilian market area, causing casualties among shoppers and vendors in the commercial district.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
15