Car Bomb Attack Kills Eleven People in Nangarhar Province (2016)

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Date
۲۱ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Nazyan
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.1665740939166

Longitude: 70.7547761863524

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Nazyan
Town Village
Nazyan, Nangarhar Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 10, 2016, a car bomb detonated in Nazyan, Nangarhar province, killing 11 people and wounding several dozen others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
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