Grand Mosque Bomb Civilian Injuries - Khost (2015)

Incident
Date
May 26, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Khost: Khost Matun
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.364907751047

Longitude: 69.942398071289

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khost (Matun)
Town/Village
Grand mosque, Khost City, Khost Province,
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • 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 : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On May 26, 2015, a bomb exploded in front of the grand mosque of Khost City, Khost Province. The explosion resulted in injuries to four civilians, including two children. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Khamapress

No of victims involved
4