Civilian Vehicle Targeted in Roadside Bombing - Laghman 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ سلواغه ۳۰
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Laghman: Qarghayi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.7380440228592

Longitude: 70.1226978517993

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Qarghayi
Town Village
Sorkhakan, Qarghayi, 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Sorkhakan village, killing all six occupants. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the vehicle, resulting in the deaths of all passengers. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6