Family Vehicle IED Casualties - Maidan Wardak (2015)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ چنگاښ ۲۲
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Wardak: Saydabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Saydabad
Town Village
Saydabad District, Maidan Wardak Province,
Types of Incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Victims:

  • Two civilians killed
  • Three civilians injured
  • All victims from the same family

Perpetrators: Unidentified Incident Type: Pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion

Narrative:

On July 13, 2015, a civilian vehicle struck a pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Saydabad District of Maidan Wardak Province. The vehicle was carrying five civilians from the same family who were returning to their home. The explosion killed two civilians and injured three others. Such IEDs were primarily used by anti-government elements, including Taliban and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), to impede the movement of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report, pg. 39

No of victims involved
5