Market Bombing Wounds 17 Including Children in Paktika (2016)

Incident
Date
Oct 26, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Paktika: Sharan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3444843099167

Longitude: 68.7514102324622

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sharan
Town/Village
Sharan, Paktika 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)
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On October 26, 2016, a bomb detonated at a marketplace in Sharan, the provincial capital of Paktika. The explosion wounded 17 people, including two children. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the civilian location.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

KSN

No of victims involved
17