Suicide Vehicle Attack on Military Convoy - Nangarhar (2015)
Document- Date
- Apr 10, 2025
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Behsud
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.3488191879096
Longitude: 67.9116008987594
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Behsud
- Town Village
- Behsud District, Nangarhar Province
- Types of Incident
- Explosion
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict Parties
- Coalition forces
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Resolute Support (RS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
- Unknown: Attacking civilians
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: April 10, 2015
Location: Behsud District, Nangarhar Province
Victims:
Four civilians killed (including one boy)
Sixteen civilians injured (including two boys)
Perpetrators: Taliban
Incident Type: Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VB-IED) suicide attack
Narrative:
On April 10, 2015, a Taliban suicide attacker detonated a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VB-IED) targeting a convoy of international military forces in Behsud District, Nangarhar Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of four civilians, including one boy, and injured sixteen civilians, including two boys. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement on their website.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 20