Magnetic Bomb Attacks in Jalalabad and Charikar Kill One Civilian and Wound Seven (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ مرغومی ۱۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Chaharikar
Town Village
Jalalabad (Nangarhar province) and Chahrikar (Parwan province)
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Vehicle-borne 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: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 5, 2017, two separate magnetic bomb explosions occurred in eastern Nangarhar and central Parwan provinces. In Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, a magnetic bomb attached to a civilian vehicle detonated, killing one person and wounding between one and four others according to conflicting reports. The Nangarhar Zonal Hospital director confirmed receiving one dead body and four injured civilians. In a similar incident in Chahrikar, Parwan province, three civilians were wounded when a magnetic bomb exploded in the central square. The Parwan Civil Hospital reported receiving two injured individuals from this incident.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Pajhwok

No of victims involved
8