Bomb Explosion Kills Parliament Member Sher Wali Wardak (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ غبرگولی ۱۶
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • 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 June 5, 2016, a bomb that was likely planted near the Kabul home of Afghan Parliament Member Sher Wali Wardak exploded, killing him and seven others, including a chief prosecutor. The blast also injured 11 other people. The Taliban was responsible for this targeted attack against government officials.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
19