Explosion at Political Rally Kills Eight Civilians in Lashkargah, Helmand (2018)
Document- Date
- ۱۷ مهر ۱۳۹۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Lashkargah
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.6109352297402
Longitude: 64.406487844484
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Lashkargah
- Town Village
- Lashkargah City, Helmand province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- 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
- Unknown
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 9, 2018, an explosion occurred at a political rally in Lashkargah City, killing eight civilians and wounding twelve others. This attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in the political process, representing an assault on democratic participation and electoral activities.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 20
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