Taliban Car Bomb Near Football Field Kills Fourteen in Khost (2017)
Incident- Date
- May 27, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Khost: Unknown
- Town/Village
- Khost province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 27, 2017, a Taliban attacker detonated a car bomb near a football field close to a military base in Khost province. The explosion killed at least 14 people and wounded eight others, including two children. This attack occurred during the second day of Ramadan and targeted an area where civilians were present near recreational facilities.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 14
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