Suicide Bombing in Crowded Market in Balkh (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ زمری ۱۹
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.6940040349316

Longitude: 67.1132463131472

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Mazar-e Sharif
Town Village
Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide 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
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 August 9, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked a crowded market in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif. The explosion killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the civilian marketplace.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
1