A roadside bomb was dragged in by flash floods and exploded when a group of children were trying to move it

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ کب ۲۴
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Farah: Pusht Rod
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.1915976650215

Longitude: 63.2814635310572

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pusht-e Koh
Town Village
Nilam
Types of Incident
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Killing
Summary

A roadside bomb was dragged in by flash floods and exploded when a group of children were trying to move it. One child was killed and seven others were wounded in the explosion. All those killed and wounded were under the age of 20.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: March 15-21, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.