Suicide Attack on Election Rally Kills Fourteen Civilians in Kama, Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 2, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kama
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5146675642351

Longitude: 70.7351885758598

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kama
Town/Village
Kama district, 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 2, 2018, a suicide attacker targeted an election rally in Kama district, killing 14 civilians and wounding 43 others. This attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in the democratic process, representing an assault on electoral activities and political participation.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
57