Roadside Bombing Kills Seven Wedding Guests in Parwan (2016)

Incident
Date
Nov 1, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Parwan : Sayed Khel
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.0659555750695

Longitude: 69.2519760131836

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sayed Khel
Town/Village
Sayed Khel, Parwan province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
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 November 1, 2016, seven civilians from the same family were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Sayedkhail district. The victims were traveling to a wedding ceremony when the explosion occurred. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

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No of victims involved
7