Tribal Leader Mine Death - Khost 2015

Document
Date
۱۷ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Khost: Gurbuz
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.3093461276926

Longitude: 70.0397275589237

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
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 crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

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.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
1