Bombing of Shia Mosque During Ashura in Khoja Gholak, Balkh (2016)
Document- Date
- ۲۱ مهر ۱۳۹۵
- Year of Incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Balkh: Unknown
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 36.6940040349316
Longitude: 67.1132463131472
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Mazar-e Sharif
- Town Village
- Khoja Gholak area, Balkh province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Suicide attack
- 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)
- 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: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Persecution
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On October 12, 2016, a bomb attack targeted a mosque in the Khoja Gholak area during the Shia festival of Ashura. The explosion killed at least 14 people and wounded 30 others. This was the second assault on Shia worshippers within a 24-hour period during the religious observance.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 44
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