Dolakai Baba Shrine Attack - Nangarhar 2015

Incident
Date
Apr 18, 2025
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Dolakai Baba shrine, Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Murder
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Other
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 18, 2015

Location: Dolakai Baba shrine, Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province

Victims: Three civilians injured (including two boys)

Perpetrators: ISIL/Daesh

Incident Type: IED attack on religious site

Narrative:

On April 18, 2015, ISIL/Daesh operatives detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) inside a local shrine known as Dolakai Baba in Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province. The explosion injured three civilians, including two boys. A spokesperson for ISIL/Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack through a phone call to local media.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Annual Report (released February 2016), pg. 48

Afghanistan Analysts Network

No of victims involved
3