Suicide Bombing at Anti-Taliban Militia Leader's in Jalalabad (2016)

Incident
Date
Jul 2, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 2, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked the residence of Haji Hayat, the leader of an anti-Taliban/Islamic State militia group in Jalalabad. The explosion killed at least two people and wounded dozens of others. Hayat himself was not injured in the attack. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2