Roadside Bomb Kills Six Civilians in Flour Truck in Kandahar (2017)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۶ وږی ۲۷
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Daman
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.6164958058825
Longitude: 65.8985234689652
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Daman
- Town Village
- Haji village, Daman district, Kandahar 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: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On September 18, 2017, at around 4:00 PM, a roadside bomb exploded in Haji village of Daman district, killing six civilians. The hidden explosive device detonated as a civilian truck loaded with flour was traveling to Kandahar city. All six individuals aboard the truck were killed in the blast. Militant groups were suspected of planting the explosive device, though no group claimed responsibility.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 6
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