Roadside Bomb Kills Three Family Members in Ainak Area, Nawa, Helmand (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۷ مرغومی ۲
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Unknown
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 32.7739208749532
Longitude: 67.904022693203
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Nawa
- Town Village
- Ainak area, Nawa district, Helmand 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
- Unknown
- 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 December 23, 2018, a family vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Ainak area of Nawa district, killing three civilians and wounding three children from the same family. This incident demonstrates the vulnerability of civilian families to indiscriminate explosive devices while traveling on local roads.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 6