2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing

2014 massacre in Afghanistan November 2019 2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing Taliban insurgency Afghanistan Yahya Khel 250px 32.9231 68.6624 Yahya Khel District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan Suicide bombing 23 November 2014 61 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.2014-11-24 Survivors Tell of Afghan Volleyball Bombing that Killed 57 http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/156543 2025-11-24 Naharnet Agence France-Presse By the next day, the death toll had climbed to 61.24 November 2014 As Bombing Toll Rises, Afghan Villagers Direct Anger at Government https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/world/as-bombing-toll-rises-afghan-villagers-direct-anger-at-government.html The New York Times Afghanistan's intelligence agency named the Haqqani network, which is closely aligned with the Taliban, as being behind the attack. Reactions Afghanistan 2013 President Ashraf Ghani, who visited some of the wounded at a military hospital in Kabul, condemned attack as "inhumane and un-Islamic," saying "this kind of brutal killing of civilians cannot be justified." UN Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), called the attack an "atrocity." A statement released by his spokesperson, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon denounced the attack as "fundamentally abhorrent" and expressed his "steadfast solidarity with the people of Afghanistan in refusing to be cowed by such attacks."24 November 2014 Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing at volleyball match https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49421#.VHUeF8l5XFI UN News Service References Afghanistan Category:2014 murders in Afghanistan Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2014 Category:Suicide bombings in Afghanistan Category:2014 massacres in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:2014 mass murders Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2014 Category:History of Paktika Province Category:November 2014 crimes in Asia