Suicide Bombing at Tribal Elders' Meeting in Jalalabad, Nangarhar (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ لړم ۱۰
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: 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)
  • 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 October 31, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked a meeting of tribal elders in Jalalabad, killing six people and wounding six others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for targeting the gathering of community leaders.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
12