35 Civilians Killed in Bus Bombing - Farah (2019)

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Date
۹ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Bala Buluk
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.1240697387808

Longitude: 62.6631851081467

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Bala Buluk
Town Village
Bala Buluk, Farah 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)
  • International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF)
  • 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
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A roadside bomb struck a civilian bus in Balabulok District, killing 35 civilians and wounding 27 others. When Afghan forces arrived at the area to defuse remaining explosives, seven additional roadside bombs detonated, killing six soldiers and wounding four others. The incident involved multiple improvised explosive devices that caused massive civilian casualties and subsequent military losses during the clearance operation.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
62