Father and Son Killed by Roadside Bomb on Motorcycle - Ghōr (2019)

Document
Date
۲۹ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Chaghcharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chaghcharan
Town Village
Midan Barra Khanah area, FirozKoh, Ghōr 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 civilians
  • 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 civilian and his son were killed by a roadside bomb in the Midan Barra Khanah area of Firozkoh, the provincial capital, while traveling by motorcycle. The man's wife was also wounded in the explosion. The improvised explosive device detonated as the family was traveling together on their motorcycle.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2