Taliban Remote-Controlled IED Attack on Police Kills One Civilian in Kandahar (2017)
Document- 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
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- No of victims involved
- 10
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