Roadside Bomb Kills Eight-Year-Old Child in Khwaja Sabz Posh, Faryab (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ تله ۹
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Faryab: Khwaja Sabz Posh
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.0444096494222

Longitude: 64.6135202440955

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khwaja Sabz Posh
Town Village
Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • 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 October 1, 2018, a roadside bomb exploded in Khwaja Sabz Posh district, killing an 8-year-old child and wounding three other civilians. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device that caused these civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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NYT

No of victims involved
4