Roadside Bomb Kills Two Civilians in Laghman (2016)

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Date
۵ دی ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Laghman: Mihtarlam
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.6681219710235

Longitude: 70.2116274065574

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Mihtarlam
Town Village
Mihtarlam, Laghman province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
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)
  • Other
  • 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 December 25, 2016, a roadside bomb exploded in Mihtarlam, killing at least two Afghan civilians. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2