Remote-Controlled IEDs at School Polling Center Injure Fourteen in Laghman (2018)
Document- Date
- ۲۸ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Mihtarlam
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.6681219710235
Longitude: 70.2116274065574
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Mihtarlam
- Town Village
- Mihtarlam City, Laghman province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-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
- 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: Destruction and appropriation of property
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 20, 2018, two remotely-detonated improvised explosive devices (RC-IEDs) placed on the roof and gate of a school serving as a polling center exploded in Mihtarlam City. The blasts injured 12 men and two children. This attack deliberately targeted electoral infrastructure housed in an educational facility, endangering both voters and children.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 14
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