Bombing of Shia Mosque During Ashura in Khoja Gholak, Balkh (2016)
Incident- Date
- Oct 12, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Balkh: Unknown
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.6940040349316
Longitude: 67.1132463131472
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Mazar-e Sharif
- Town/Village
- Khoja Gholak area, Balkh 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
- Unknown
- 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
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 12, 2016, a bomb attack targeted a mosque in the Khoja Gholak area during the Shia festival of Ashura. The explosion killed at least 14 people and wounded 30 others. This was the second assault on Shia worshippers within a 24-hour period during the religious observance.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 44
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