Roadside Bomb Kills Six Civilians in Flour Truck in Kandahar (2017)

Document
Date
۲۷ شهریور ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Daman
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6164958058825

Longitude: 65.8985234689652

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Daman
Town Village
Haji village, Daman district, Kandahar 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On September 18, 2017, at around 4:00 PM, a roadside bomb exploded in Haji village of Daman district, killing six civilians. The hidden explosive device detonated as a civilian truck loaded with flour was traveling to Kandahar city. All six individuals aboard the truck were killed in the blast. Militant groups were suspected of planting the explosive device, though no group claimed responsibility.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
6