Police Chief's Family Killed by Roadside Bomb - Farah (2019)

Document
Date
۱۰ شهریور ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Anar Dara
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.7802114326103

Longitude: 61.6540283243205

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Anar Dara
Town Village
Anar Dara, Farah Province
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • 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 roadside bomb exploded in Anar Dara District as family members of the local police chief were traveling from the district center to their home. Six people were killed, including women and children. The improvised explosive device detonated as the police official's family was returning to their residence.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6