2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing
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2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing
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On 23 November 2014, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a volleyball match being held in the Yahyakhel District of Afghanistan's southeastern province Paktika. The explosion immediately killed at least 50 civilians and injured another 60. Many children were among the dead and wounded. By the next day, the death toll had climbed to 61. Afghanistan's intelligence agency named the Haqqani network, which is closely aligned with the Taliban, as being behind the attack.
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Mass killing of civilians at a volleyball match
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Yahyakhel_suicide_bombing
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2024-02-12T21:18:26Z
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