Taliban Suicide Bombing in Dihdadi District, Balkh (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ سلواغه ۱۹
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Balkh: Dihdadi
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7525317111973

Longitude: 67.3326301037645

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Dihdadi
Town Village
Dihdadi district, 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Other inhumane acts
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On February 8, 2016, a Taliban suicide bomber conducted an attack in Dihdadi district near Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh. The attack resulted in at least three fatalities and wounded between 18 and 23 people, with discrepancies in casualty figures reported between provincial officials.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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New York Times

Reuters

No of victims involved
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