IED Target of Funeral Travelers - Ghazni (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 10, 2025
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Ghazni: Khugiani
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.5548283957348

Longitude: 68.297987148583

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khugiani
Town/Village
Khugiani (Wale Mohammad-e-Shahid) District, Ghazni Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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: Khugiani (Wale Mohammad-e-Shahid) District, Ghazni Province

Victims: Twelve civilians killed (eight men and four women)

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Pressure plate-IED explosion

Claimed Responsibility: Not specified

Narrative:

On April 10, 2015, a pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated in Khugiani (Wale Mohammad-e-Shahid) District of Ghazni Province. The explosion killed twelve civilians, consisting of eight men and four women, who were traveling to attend a funeral. The perpetrators of the attack remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 42, 47

No of victims involved
12