Suicide Attack Targets Indian Diplomatic Compound in Jalalabad (2016)

Incident
Date
Mar 2, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhar
Types of incident
  • Assault
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 2, 2016, a suicide attack targeted India's diplomatic compound in eastern Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of two civilians and injuries to 19 others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the diplomatic facility.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
21