A mine placed in the heater of a mosque killed one civilian

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ سلواغه ۲۰
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Wardak: Saydabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Saydabad
Types of Incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary

A mine placed in the heater of a mosque went off before evening prayer. One civilian was killed and either others were wounded. Some suspect that the mine was placed by strangers who stayed in the mosque the night before.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 8-14, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html