Suicide Bombing at Anti-Taliban Militia Leader's in Jalalabad (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ چنگاښ ۱۲
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
  • 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)
  • 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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 2, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked the residence of Haji Hayat, the leader of an anti-Taliban/Islamic State militia group in Jalalabad. The explosion killed at least two people and wounded dozens of others. Hayat himself was not injured in the attack. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2