Market Bombing Wounds 17 Including Children in Paktika (2016)

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Date
۵ آبان ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Paktika: Sharan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.3444843099167

Longitude: 68.7514102324622

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Sharan
Town Village
Sharan, Paktika province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • 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)
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On October 26, 2016, a bomb detonated at a marketplace in Sharan, the provincial capital of Paktika. The explosion wounded 17 people, including two children. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the civilian location.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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KSN

No of victims involved
17