An explosive device planted in a water spring detonates as a group of children are grazing animals in Taywara district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Seven children are killed in the blast. No group claims responsibility for the incident; however, sources attribute it to the Taliban.
In early January 2015 military troops in Iraq block an attack by IS militants that is attempting to destroy a dam and block a road connecting Diyala and the Shiite holy city of Sammara.
Assailants bomb a government water tank in the Aka Khel area of Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There are no reported casualties; however, the water tank is destroyed in the blast. No group claims responsibility for the incident; however, police arrest one individual in connection with the attack.
Assailants attack the police station in El Adde town, Gedo region, Somalia. The assailants open fire on the station, causing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces posted there to return fire. There are no reported casualties in the incident. The attackers also shoot at and set fire to the town’s water pump, destroying the only viable water source. No group claims responsibility, but locals attribute the attack to Al-Shabaab, believing that the incident is prompted by the presence of Kenyan…
Two explosive devices placed in a well are discovered and defused in Nar Raza Khan village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claims responsibility for the incident.
On Saturday, on the outskirts of Garbaharey, Gedo, Somalia, militants set fire to a water well and two water pumps. No casualties are reported and the attack causes an unknown amount of damage. No group claims responsibility, but the militant group al-Shabaab is thought to be responsible for the attack.
Militants blow up a section of a water pipeline in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion tears an 18-inch hole in the pipe that carries drinking water to Baghdad’s Adhamiyah, Rusafa, and Karrada districts. No casualties are reported and no group claims responsibility for the attack.
Unknown militants fire mortars at an aid agency’s water tanker, then kill the driver and steal his tanker in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan. No property damage is reported and no one claims responsibility for the incident.
Unidentified persons detonate a socket bomb in front of the drinking water office in Tripureshwor. No casualties or damage are reported, and no group claims responsibility.
At Kachhi canal project in Lund Nullah near Sui, Balochistan Province, Pakistan, unknown assailants detonate an explosive device destroying a tube well. No casualties or motive are reported. No group claims responsibility.