Suicide Bombing in Crowded Market in Balkh (2016)

Incident
Date
Aug 9, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6940040349316

Longitude: 67.1132463131472

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mazar-e Sharif
Town/Village
Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 9, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked a crowded market in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif. The explosion killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the civilian marketplace.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
1