Incident Summary:

12/16/2015: Assailants attacked the district center in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Sangin on this day. More than 100 soldiers were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the ensuing clashes, the victims included soldiers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.

GTD ID:
201512160017

When:
2015-12-16

Country:
Afghanistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Helmand

City:
Sangin

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unknown
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Not Applicable
Specific Description Civilians
Nationality of Target Afghanistan
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information Casualty figures for this incident represent a division of the cumulative total of those killed across incidents (201512160013- 201512160017).
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Taliban No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 20 Fatalities
Total Number of Fatalities 20
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured Unknown
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Taliban close to capturing Helmand town," BBC, December 21, 2015.
"Taliban capture Helmand\'s Sangin, besiege 150 policeTaliban bomb kills six foreign soldiers in Afghanistan," Frontier Post, December 22, 2015.
"Fierce fight for Helmand," Bangladesh Daily Star, December 21, 2015.