Roadside Bombing Kills Four Family Members in Paktika (2016)

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Date
۱۴ آبان ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Paktika: Dila
Town Village
Dila Wa Khoshamand district, Paktika province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On December 4, 2016, a roadside bomb exploded under a vehicle in Dila Wa Khoshamand district, killing four members of a family—two women and two children. One other civilian was injured in the blast. The victims were traveling to attend a memorial service for a relative who had died the previous day. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Seattle Times

No of victims involved
5