Roadside Bomb Kills Five Civilians in Qadis District, Badghis Province (2016)

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Date
۱۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Badghis: Qadis
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.2540541201875

Longitude: 63.4893250717669

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qadis
Town Village
Qadis district, Badghis Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 5, 2016, during the morning hours, a civilian van struck a roadside bomb in Qadis district of Badghis Province. The explosion killed five civilians and wounded five others. Deputy Provincial Police Chief Abdul Ali Zamani attributed the attack to the Taliban, though no group immediately claimed responsibility.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

AP

No of victims involved
10