Title: Parliamentary Delegation Attack, Baghlan (2007
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۸۶ لړم ۱۵
- Year of Incident
- 2007
- Province of incident
- Baghlan بغلان: Puli Khumri
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 35.9468449982272
Longitude: 68.7044167136154
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Puli Khumri
- Town Village
- Pul-e Khumri, Baghlan Province
- Types of Incident
- Anti-Personnel Mine
- Assassination
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Mortar shell
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- Roadside bomb
- Rocket Attack
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On the afternoon of November 6, 2007, at approximately 4:15 PM, an explosion occurred in Pul-e Khumri, the provincial capital of Baghlan Province. The incident took place during a visit by Afghanistan's Parliamentary Economic Commission, which had traveled to the area to attend the reopening ceremony of the newly reconstructed Baghlan Sugar Factory. According to eyewitness accounts, an individual detonated explosives among a crowd of people who had assembled to greet the parliamentary delegation. The attack resulted in between 70 and 97 fatalities, with casualty figures varying across different reports, and injured nearly 200 individuals. A substantial portion of the victims were school students who had gathered in formation to welcome the government officials. Six members of the National Economy Commission of Afghanistan's Parliament were killed in the attack, including the commission's chairman, Sayed Mustafa Kazimi. The other deceased parliamentarians represented various provinces across Afghanistan, including Takhar, Kunar, Helmand, Kunduz, and Kabul. While it was widely believed that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, no group claimed responsibility for the incident. The precise circumstances and motivation behind the attack were never officially confirmed. The general assessment indicated that members of the Afghan Parliament were the primary intended targets of the assault.
- Sources
- No of victims involved
- 300
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