At least 16 civilians were killed in a complex attack on a construction company

Incident
Date
Mar 6, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Types of incident
  • Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

At least 16 civilians were killed in a complex attack on a construction company. The attack started with a suicide explosion at the entrance of a construction company. After the blast, four attackers wearing suicide vests entered the compound and shot employees of the company, prompting a firefight with Afghan security forces that lasted more than five hours. 9 civilians were also wounded.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: March 1-7, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.