2014 Paktika car bombing

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

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. It was the bloodiest attack on civilians in Afghanistan since the 2008 Kandahar bombing.