An I.E.D. placed in a volleyball field exploded, killing three civilians and one Taliban member

Incident
Date
۵ بهمن ۱۳۹۷
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Baghlan بغلان: Tala Wa Barfak
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.4621578422521

Longitude: 68.5313033477431

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Tala Wa Barfak
Town/Village
Barfak
Types of incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

An I.E.D. placed in a volleyball field exploded, killing three civilians and one Taliban member. Twenty civilians were wounded. The village is under Taliban control.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: Jan. 25-31, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html