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.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 12
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