Car Bomb Attack on Provincial Council Member - Nangarhar (2015)
Incident- Dates of incident
- Feb 10, 2015 ~ Feb 16, 2015
- 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
- Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Murder
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: February 10, 2015
Location: Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province
Victims: One civilian (driver) killed immediately Ms. Angeza Shinwari (Nangarhar Provincial Council Member) was severely injured, and died on February 16, 2015 Five children injured
Perpetrators: Unspecified group
Incident Type: Magnetic bomb explosion
Claimed Responsibility: No specific group claimed responsibility
Narrative: On February 10, 2015, a magnetic bomb exploded in the car of Ms. Angeza Shinwari, a Member of the Nangarhar Provincial Council, in Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province. The explosion resulted in the immediate death of one civilian, who was the driver of the vehicle. Additionally, five children and Ms. Shinwari herself were injured in the attack. Ms. Shinwari was severely injured and subsequently transported to Sardar Dawood Khan Hospital in Kabul for treatment. She succumbed to her injuries on February 16, 2015. At the time of the incident, various anti-government armed groups were operating in Nangarhar Province, including the Taliban, ISIL-KP, and some tribal militia. However, no specific group claimed responsibility for this attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 7