Taliban Attack on Court Building in Ghazni Province (2016)
Document- Date
- ۱۲ خرداد ۱۳۹۵
- Year of Incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Ghazni City
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 33.553649501162
Longitude: 68.4306428259085
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Ghazni City
- Town Village
- Ghazni City, Ghazni
- Types of Incident
- Complex attack
- Explosion
- Ground attack
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Light Weapon Attack
- Shooting
- 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
- 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
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On June 1, 2016, Taliban militants attacked a court in Ghazni province. The assault began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to the building, after which three other attackers stormed inside. The ensuing clash with security forces resulted in 10 deaths, including five civilians and one policeman. Security forces shot and killed the three remaining attackers.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 10
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