Military Convoy Suicide Attack - Nangarhar (2015)
Document- Date
- ١٠ أبريل ٢٠١٥
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Muhmand Dara
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.2692738876878
Longitude: 71.0288874593418
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Muhmand Dara
- Town Village
- Jalalabad-Torkham highway, Muhmand Dara district, Nangarhar Province,
- Types of Incident
- Explosion
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Unknown
- 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: Use of mines against civilians
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
Date: April 10, 2015
Location: Jalalabad-Torkham highway, Muhmand Dara district, Nangarhar Province
Victims:
Four civilians killed
Twelve civilians injured
Hundreds of vehicles damaged at nearby car sale area
Perpetrators: Unknown
Incident Type: Suicide attack
Narrative:
On April 10, 2015, a suicide attack targeted an army convoy traveling on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway in the Muhmand Dara district of Nangarhar Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to twelve others. Additionally, hundreds of vehicles at a nearby car sale area were destroyed in the blast. The perpetrators of the attack remain unknown.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
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