Suicide Attack in Sofian Area, Lashkargah City (2015)
Incident- Date
- Jan 22, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Lashkargah
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6109352297402
Longitude: 64.406487844484
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Lashkargah
- Town/Village
- Sofian Area, Lashkargah City, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Murder
- Suicide Attack
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan Local Police (ALP)
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Civil Order Forces (ANCOF)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- War crime: Murder
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: January 22, 2015
Location: Sofian Area, Lashkargah City, Helmand Province
Victims:
One person killed (identity not provided) Eleven people injured, including five children (identities not provided)
Perpetrators: Unknown
Incident Type: Suicide car attack
Claimed Responsibility: None
Narrative: On January 22, 2015, a suicide car attack occurred in the Sofian area of Lashkargah City, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The attack resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries, including five children. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the incident. At the time, the Taliban was the main insurgency group operating in Helmand Province and was known to use suicide bombings to target government-related entities.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
- 12