2014 Paktika car bombing

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]

2014 Paktika car bombing
Part of Taliban insurgency
Location	Paktika, Afghanistan
Date	July 15, 2014
Attack type	car bomb
Deaths	89 [1]
Injured	+42
Perpetrator	Haqqani network[2]

The Attack

At 10am police saw a suicide bomber driving a SUV into the center of Urgun, driving down the main road, the suicide bomber detonated his payload at 10:30am killing himself in the process. When he blew up the shockwave instantly destroyed 30 mainly mud and straw shops, dozens of vehicles, killing 89 people and wounding 42 more.^[4][5][6] The wounded and dead overwelled the nearby clinic and the military had to bring in helicopters and ambulances to transport casualties from the bomb site to Sharana, the Provincial capital.^[7] The Haqqani network was responsible for the attack having had planned it in the North Waziristan District of Pakistan.^[2]

See also

• Taliban insurgency
• 2014 Yahya Khel suicide bombing (also in Paktika)