Suicide Attack on Election Rally Kills Fourteen Civilians in Kama, Nangarhar (2018)

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Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ تله ۱۰
Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kama
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5146675642351

Longitude: 70.7351885758598

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kama
Town Village
Kama district, 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • 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 October 2, 2018, a suicide attacker targeted an election rally in Kama district, killing 14 civilians and wounding 43 others. This attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in the democratic process, representing an assault on electoral activities and political participation.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
57