Taliban Remote-Controlled IED Attack on Police Kills One Civilian in Kandahar (2017)

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Date
۲۶ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Unknown
Town Village
Kandahar province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • 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: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 16, 2017, the Taliban detonated two remote-controlled improvised explosive devices (RC-IEDs) in a targeted attack against Afghan National Police in Kandahar province. The explosions killed one civilian and injured nine others. While the Taliban's intended target was security forces, the attack resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
10