Mortar Attack on Market During Independence Day in Kunar (2016)
Document- Date
- ۲۸ مرداد ۱۳۹۵
- Year of Incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Kunar: Asadabad
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.8815124264566
Longitude: 71.1538439937468
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Asadabad
- Town Village
- Asadabad, Kunar
- Types of Incident
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Mortar shell
- 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 18, 2016, during Afghanistan's Independence Day celebrations, a morning mortar attack struck a market in Asad Abad, Kunar province. The explosion killed at least two people and wounded more than 50 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred during the national holiday.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 52
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