Volleyball Match Bombing - Paktika (2015)

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Date
۵ مهر ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Paktika: Zarghun Shahr
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.8525242879292

Longitude: 68.4550727921519

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Zarghun Shahr
Town Village
Zarghun Shahr district, Paktika Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Threats against civilians
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On September 27, 2015, improvised explosive devices were detonated during a volleyball game in Zarghun Shahr district of Paktika Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of seventeen civilians and injuries to sixty others. The perpetrators targeted a recreational sporting event predominantly attended by civilians.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, 10 December 2015, pg. 8

No of victims involved
77