Magnetic Bomb Attacks in Two Provinces Kill 1 Civilian and Wound 7 Others(2017)

Incident
Date
Jan 5, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Chaharikar
Town/Village
Jalalabad (Nangarhar province) and Chahrikar (Parwan province)
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Vehicle-borne 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
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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 5, 2017, two separate magnetic bomb explosions occurred in eastern Nangarhar and central Parwan provinces. In Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, a magnetic bomb attached to a civilian vehicle detonated, killing one person and wounding between one and four others according to conflicting reports. The Nangarhar Zonal Hospital director confirmed receiving one dead body and four injured civilians. In a similar incident in Chahrikar, Parwan province, three civilians were wounded when a magnetic bomb exploded in the central square. The Parwan Civil Hospital reported receiving two injured individuals from this incident.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
8