A National Directorate for Security vehicle hit a roadside bomb. The explosion killed one N.D.S. officer and injured another officer, a member of the border police and a civilian

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ غویی ۱۲
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Balkh: Shortepa
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 37.37449556098

Longitude: 67.0011848776325

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Shortepa
Types of Incident
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Killing
Summary

A National Directorate for Security vehicle hit a roadside bomb. The explosion killed one N.D.S. officer and injured another N.D.S. officer, a member of the border police and a civilian. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 26-May 2, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-26-may-2.html.