ISKP Complex Attack on RTA in Nangarhar (2017)
Document- Date
- ۲۷ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۶
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Jalalabad
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.4552967856833
Longitude: 70.4518092111804
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Jalalabad
- Town Village
- Jalalabad district, Nangarhar province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Complex attack
- Explosion
- Ground attack
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- 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: Killing
- Unknown: Persecution
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On May 17, 2017, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) militants conducted a complex attack involving suicide bombers at the Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) facility in Jalalabad. The assault resulted in 19 civilian casualties, killing five people and injuring 14 others. This attack deliberately targeted media infrastructure and personnel, representing an assault on freedom of information and press.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 19
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