Taliban Suicide Bombing in Dihdadi District, Balkh (2016)

Incident
Date
Feb 8, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Balkh: Dihdadi
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7525317111973

Longitude: 67.3326301037645

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Dihdadi
Town/Village
Dihdadi district, Balkh province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On February 8, 2016, a Taliban suicide bomber conducted an attack in Dihdadi district near Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh. The attack resulted in at least three fatalities and wounded between 18 and 23 people, with discrepancies in casualty figures reported between provincial officials.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

New York Times

Reuters

No of victims involved
26