Suicide Vehicle Attack on Military Convoy - Nangarhar (2015)
Incident- Date
- Apr 10, 2025
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Behsud
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.3488191879096
Longitude: 67.9116008987594
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Behsud
- Town/Village
- Behsud District, Nangarhar Province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Coalition forces
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Resolute Support (RS)
- 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
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: April 10, 2015
Location: Behsud District, Nangarhar Province
Victims:
Four civilians killed (including one boy)
Sixteen civilians injured (including two boys)
Perpetrators: Taliban
Incident Type: Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VB-IED) suicide attack
Narrative:
On April 10, 2015, a Taliban suicide attacker detonated a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VB-IED) targeting a convoy of international military forces in Behsud District, Nangarhar Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of four civilians, including one boy, and injured sixteen civilians, including two boys. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement on their website.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 20