| 2014 Paktika car bombing | |
| Partof: | Taliban insurgency |
| Location: | Paktika, Afghanistan |
| Type: | car bomb |
| Date: | July 15, 2014 |
| Fatalities: | 89 [1] |
| Injuries: | +42 |
| Perpetrator: | Haqqani 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]
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.[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.