Remote-Controlled Roadside Bombing in Jalalabad (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ چنگاښ ۲
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhar province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Roadside bomb
  • 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: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 22, 2016, a roadside bomb detonated near a police checkpoint in Jalalabad, killing one police officer and one civilian. Authorities suspected the explosive device was activated by remote control. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
2