2014 Paktika car bombing

2014 Paktika car bombing
Part of Taliban insurgency
LocationPaktika, Afghanistan
DateJuly 15, 2014
Attack type
car bomb
Deaths89 [1]
Injured+42
PerpetratorHaqqani network[2]

On July 15, 2014, in Urgun, Afghanistan, a car bomb suicide attack took place in a crowded bazaar killing 89 people and injuring another 42.[3] It was the bloodiest attack on civilians in Afghanistan since the 2008 Kandahar bombing.[4]

  1. ^ "At least 89 people were killed in car bombing". The Guardian. July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Totakhil, Habib Khan (16 July 2014). "Urgun Diary: Car Bomb Devastates Afghan Town". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan car bomb leaves at least 89 civilians dead". The Guardian. July 15, 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan car bomb leaves at least 89 civilians dead". TheGuardian.com. 15 July 2014.

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