Remote-Controlled Roadside Bombing in Jalalabad (2016)

Incident
Date
Jun 22, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 22, 2016, a roadside bomb detonated near a police checkpoint in Jalalabad, killing one police officer and one civilian. Authorities suspected the explosive device was activated by remote control. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2