Taliban Car Bomb Near Football Field Kills Fourteen in Khost (2017)
Document- Date
- ۶ خرداد ۱۳۹۶
- Year of Incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Khost: Unknown
- Town Village
- Khost province
- Types of Incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Unknown: Killing
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
On May 27, 2017, a Taliban attacker detonated a car bomb near a football field close to a military base in Khost province. The explosion killed at least 14 people and wounded eight others, including two children. This attack occurred during the second day of Ramadan and targeted an area where civilians were present near recreational facilities.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 14
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