Namak Bazar Magnetic IED Attack - Kunduz (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 21, 2025
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Kunduz: Kunduz city
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.7971548392469

Longitude: 68.8574981689453

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kunduz
Town/Village
Namak Bazar, Kunduz City, Kunduz Province
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Assassination
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 20, 2015

Location: Namak Bazar, Kunduz City,Kunduz Province

Victims: Twenty-one civilians injured (including one woman, one girl, and one boy)

Perpetrators: Taliban

Incident Type: Magnetic Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack

Narrative:

On April 20, 2015, a magnetic Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeting the Afghan National Police detonated at the Namak Bazar in Kunduz City. The explosion injured twenty-one civilians, including one woman, one girl, and one boy. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, stating they had killed one Afghan National Police officer and injured two others.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 49

No of victims involved
21