Mortar Attack on Market During Independence Day in Kunar (2016)

Incident
Date
Aug 18, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Kunar: Asadabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.8815124264566

Longitude: 71.1538439937468

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Asadabad
Town/Village
Asadabad, Kunar
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
  • Mortar Shell
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 : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 18, 2016, during Afghanistan's Independence Day celebrations, a morning mortar attack struck a market in Asad Abad, Kunar province. The explosion killed at least two people and wounded more than 50 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred during the national holiday.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

China.org.cn

San Diego Union Times

No of victims involved
52