Two children were killed during an explosion in the Ninth Police District of Mazar-i-Sharif City

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ مرغومی ۲۴
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Types of Incident
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

Two children were killed during an explosion in the Ninth Police District of Mazar-i-Sharif City, the provincial capital. There was a subsequent explosion when people arrived at the scene, wounding another seven civilians and the district governor’s bodyguard.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: January 2020, New York Times, 30 January 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-january-2020.html