District Governor Vehicle Magnetic Bomb Attack - Nangarhar (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 18, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Behsud
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3488191879096

Longitude: 67.9116008987594

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Behsud
Town/Village
Behsud District, Nangarhar Province
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Assassination
  • Explosion
  • Murder
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 18, 2015

Location: Behsud District, Nangarhar Province

Victims:

One person killed

Two people injured

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Magnetic bomb explosion

Narrative:

On April 18, 2015, a magnetic bomb attached to the vehicle of a district governor exploded in Behsud District, Nangarhar Province. The governor was traveling from Kunar when the incident occurred. The explosion resulted in one death and two injuries. The perpetrators of the attack remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Afghanistan Analysts Network

No of victims involved
3