Prosecutor's Office Complex Attack - Balkh (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 9, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6940040349316

Longitude: 67.1132463131472

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Mazar-e Sharif
Town/Village
Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province
Types of incident
  • Assault
  • Clash
  • Complex Attack
  • Explosion
  • Ground Attack
  • Hand Grenade
  • Murder
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 9, 2015

Location: Prosecutor's office complex, Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province

Victims:

Fourteen civilians killed

Forty-seven civilians injured

Perpetrators: Taliban

Incident Type: Complex attack

Narrative:

On April 9, 2015, Taliban forces conducted a complex attack targeting the prosecutor's office complex in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of fourteen civilians and injuries to forty-seven others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement on their website.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 55

No of victims involved
62