Suicide Attack at Funeral in Mehtarlam City, Laghman Province (2015)
Incident- Date
- Oct 10, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Laghman: Mihtarlam
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.6681219710235
Longitude: 70.2116274065574
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Mihtarlam
- Town/Village
- Pahalawan Baba Area, Mehtarlam City, Laghman Province,
- Types of incident
- Anti-Personnel Mine
- Assault
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- 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)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Cruel treatment
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Treacherously killing or wounding
- War crime: Use of mines against civilians
- War crime: Wilful killing
- War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
- Crime against humanity: Extermination
- Crime against humanity: Murder
- Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: January 10, 2015 Location: Pahalawan Baba Area, Mehtarlam City, Laghman Province, Afghanistan Victims:
12 people killed (identities not provided) 36 people wounded (identities not provided)
Perpetrators: Unknown; anti-government armed forces suspected Incident Type: Suicide bombing Claimed Responsibility: None Narrative: On January 10, 2015, a suicide bombing occurred during a funeral in the Pahalawan Baba Area of Mehtarlam City, the capital of Laghman Province, Afghanistan. The attack resulted in 12 deaths and left 36 people wounded. According to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), the attack was attributed to anti-government armed forces. At the time, both the Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) were conducting anti-government insurgencies in Laghman Province. However, no group or individual claimed responsibility for this specific attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 12