Wedding Party Family Killed by Roadside Bomb - Nangarhār (2019)

Document
Date
۳ مرداد ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Khogyani
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khogyani
Town Village
Wazir Valley, Khogyani, Nangarhār Province
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • 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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Seven women and three children, all members of a single family, were killed when a roadside bomb struck a vehicle heading to a wedding party in the Wazir Valley area of Khogyani District. Six others were wounded in the explosion. The improvised explosive device detonated as the family was traveling to attend the wedding celebration, resulting in the deaths of ten family members.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
16