A Taliban IED Hit a Civilian Minibus in Ghazni. (2019)

Document
Date
۲۲ آذر ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Jeghatoo (Waeez Shahid)
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.7750907574508

Longitude: 68.364741534513

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jaghatu
Town Village
Dara-e-Qiyaq
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • CIA backed Afghan Military Strike Force
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On December 13, 2019, a pressure-plate IED placed in a passenger car by the Taliban detonated in the Qiyagh Valley of Jaghatu district, Ghazni province. The explosion impacted a civilian minibus traveling on the road from Daikundi to Ghazni city. Tragically, ten civilians lost their lives (including five men, three women, one girl, and one boy), and nine others sustained injuries (including six men, two boys, and one girl).

Sources

AHRDO Archive

[UNAEMA Casualty Report](https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019.pdf]

[Etilaatroz](https://www.etilaatroz.com/89264/a-roadside-bomb-blast-killed-10-civilians-in-ghazni/]

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[Hasht-e-Subh](https://8am.media/fa/a-landmine-blast-kills-a-civilian-in-ghazni-road/]

[DW Farsi](https://www.dw.com/fa-af/%DB%B1%DB%B0-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/a-51655305]

No of victims involved
10