Multiple Bombings Kill Civilians in Provincial Capital - Ghōr (2019)

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Date
۱۰ شهریور ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghor: Chaghcharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5321794641909

Longitude: 65.247013136478

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chaghcharan
Town Village
Firozkoh (Chaghcharan), Ghōr Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Multiple bombs detonated in Firozkoh City, the provincial capital, killing four civilians and wounding seven others. Local officials believe the bombs were planted by Taliban forces. The coordinated explosions caused casualties among the civilian population in the urban center.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
11