Suicide Bombing of Tribal Leader's Family Car in Sare Pol (2016)
Incident- Date
- Jul 6, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Sare Pol: Sangcharak
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.3373524837163
Longitude: 66.4348622192195
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Sangcharak
- Town/Village
- Sangcharak district, Sare Pol province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- 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 : 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 July 6, 2016, after Eid al-Fitr prayers, a suicide bomber attacked the family car of tribal leader Rahim Khan in Sangcharak district. The explosion killed four family members—two sons and two nephews of Khan—and wounded another civilian. Khan himself was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 5
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