Motorbike IED Civilian Injuries - Faryab (2015)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ چنگاښ ۲۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Faryab: Maymana
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 35.9504602263319

Longitude: 64.7800170303519

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Maymana
Town Village
Maymana, Faryab Province
Types of Incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 15, 2015, Anti-Government Elements detonated a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attached to a motorbike in Maymana, Faryab Province. The attack targeted an Afghan National Police vehicle. The explosion resulted in injuries to twenty-three civilians, including one boy and one girl.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

[UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 40

No of victims involved
23