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{{Short description|April 2015 event in Afghanistan}}
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{{Infobox civilian attack
|title       = 2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing
|image       = File:Nangarhar in Afghanistan.svg
|caption     = Location of Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan
|partof      = 
|map         =
|location    = [[Jalalabad]], [[Nangarhar Province]], [[Afghanistan]]
|target      = Bank
|type        = Motorcycle [[suicide bomb]]ing
|date        = 18 April 2015
|fatalities  = 33
|injuries    = 100
|perps       = {{flagicon|ISIS}} [[Islamic State - Khorasan Province]]
}}
{{War in Afghanistan (2015–present)}}

The '''2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing''' occurred on 18 April 2015. A [[suicide bomber]] on a motorcycle, allegedly affiliated with [[ISIL]]'s [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province|Khorasan Province]], struck a bank in the city of [[Jalalabad]] in [[Nangarhar Province]], [[Afghanistan]], killing at least 33 people and injuring another 100. It marked the first major attack by ISIL Khorasan after it was formed three months earlier, in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/18/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.html|title=ISIS motorbike bomber kills 33 at bank in Afghanistan |first1=Masoud |last1=Popalzai |first2=Saleem |last2=Mehsud |date=18 April 2015|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSKBN0N904620150418|title=Afghan blast kills 33; president blames Islamic State|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32363749?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central|title=Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead|work=BBC News}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of massacres in Afghanistan]]
*[[List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province]]

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[[Category:2015 murders in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:21st century in Jalalabad|2015 suicide bombing]]
[[Category:2015 massacres of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]
[[Category:April 2015 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:April 2015 events in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Attacks on bank buildings in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:2015 building bombings]]
[[Category:Crime in Jalalabad|2015 suicide bombing]]
[[Category:Explosions in Jalalabad|2015 suicide bombing]] 
[[Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2015]]
[[Category:Motorcycle bombings in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2015]]
[[Category:Suicide bombings in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2015]]
[[Category:Building bombings in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015]]