Car Bomb Attack Kills Eleven People in Nangarhar Province (2016)

Incident
Date
May 10, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Nazyan
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1665740939166

Longitude: 70.7547761863524

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Nazyan
Town/Village
Nazyan, Nangarhar Province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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)
  • 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 May 10, 2016, a car bomb detonated in Nazyan, Nangarhar province, killing 11 people and wounding several dozen others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
34