Roadside Bomb Kills Four Civilians in Kandahar (2017)

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Date
۱۲ تیر ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kandahar: Unknown
Town Village
Kandahar province
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 July 3, 2017, at least four civilians were killed and one other was wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Kandahar province. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Radio Free Europe

No of victims involved
5