Roadside Bombing Kills Two Civilians in Laghman Province (2016)

Incident
Date
Jun 2, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Laghman: Alishing
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.7944618011332

Longitude: 70.1106166127715

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Alishing
Town/Village
Alishing District, Laghman
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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 2, 2016, a roadside bomb exploded in Laghman province, killing two civilians and wounding 16 others. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor's spokesman, attributed the attack to the Taliban, though no group claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Fox News

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
18