Tribal Leader Mine Death - Khost 2015

Incident
Date
May 7, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Khost: Gurbuz
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3093461276926

Longitude: 70.0397275589237

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gurbuz
Town/Village
Gurbuz District, Khost Province
Types of incident
  • Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Assassination
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • 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

On May 7, 2015, tribal leader Arsalan Khan was killed in a mine explosion in Gurbuz District of Khost Province. The perpetrator of the attack remains unknown.

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AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
1