Bombing at Government Office Kills Two Employees in Nangarhar (2018)

Incident
Date
Oct 4, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Khogyani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5547577974849

Longitude: 68.2978137574004

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khogyani
Town/Village
Khogyani district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 4, 2018, a bomb exploded inside a government office in Khogyani district, killing two government employees and wounding seven others, including four women. This attack deliberately targeted government personnel and facilities, representing an assault on public administration and civil servants.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
9