Two Roadside Bombs Kill Ten Civilians in Chamkani, Paktia (2016)

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Date
۱۵ مرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Paktia: Chamkani
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.8028647693151

Longitude: 69.8320840894505

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chamkani
Town Village
Chamkani district, Paktia province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Roadside bomb
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 crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On August 5, 2016, two separate roadside bomb explosions in Chamkani district killed a total of ten civilians. In the first incident, five members of the same family died when their vehicle struck an explosive device. Shortly afterward, another five people were killed when their tractor hit a similar device in the same area. No group claimed responsibility for planting the bombs.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
10