Child Killed in Taliban Car Bombing - Logar (2019)

Document
Date
۲۸ شهریور ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pul-i-Alam
Town Village
Pul-I-Alam, Logar Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • 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

In the evening, a car bomb planted by Taliban forces exploded in Pul-i-Alam District, killing one child and wounding the child's mother. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated, causing casualties among the family members in the vicinity of the blast.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2