Police Officers and Civilian Killed in Taliban Roadside Bomb Attack - Ghazni (2020)

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Date
۴ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Ghazni: Dih Yak
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5926115515727

Longitude: 68.7198470554483

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dih Yak
Town Village
Kashid area, Dih Yak District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Types of Incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
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

On 23 March 2020, a police vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in the Kashid area of Dih Yak District, Ghazni Province. The explosion killed four police officers and one civilian.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1