Suicide Bombing at Tribal Elders' Meeting in Jalalabad, Nangarhar (2016)

Incident
Date
Oct 31, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: 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)
  • 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 October 31, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked a meeting of tribal elders in Jalalabad, killing six people and wounding six others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for targeting the gathering of community leaders.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
12