Bomb Explosion Kills Parliament Member Sher Wali Wardak (2016)

Incident
Date
Jun 5, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-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
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 5, 2016, a bomb that was likely planted near the Kabul home of Afghan Parliament Member Sher Wali Wardak exploded, killing him and seven others, including a chief prosecutor. The blast also injured 11 other people. The Taliban was responsible for this targeted attack against government officials.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
19