Lashkargah City Suicide Attack - Helmand (2015)

Incident
Date
Mar 16, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Lashkargah
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6109352297402

Longitude: 64.406487844484

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Lashkargah
Town/Village
hishk division, Lashkargah City, Helmand Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: March 16, 2015 Location: Shishk division, Lashkargah City, Helmand Province, Victims: Three civilians killed Three civilians injured, including women and children

Perpetrators: Unidentified Incident Type: Suicide attack

Claimed Responsibility: No group claimed responsibility

Narrative: On March 16, 2015, a suicide attack occurred in the Shishk division of Lashkargah City, Helmand Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of three civilians and injured three others, including women and children. While no group claimed responsibility for the incident, the Taliban were operating in the area at that time, targeting Afghan security forces.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

AIHRC

No of victims involved
6