2008 Khost suicide bombing

2008 Khost suicide bombing
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Location of Khost Province in Afghanistan
Location	Yakubi, Khost Province, Afghanistan
Date	3 March 2008
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	5
Perpetrator	Islamic Jihad Union
Assailant	Cüneyt Çiftçi from Ansbach, Germany

The 2008 Khost suicide bombing occurred on 3 March 2008, when German-born Turkish citizen Cüneyt Çiftçi blew himself up in front of the Sabari District Center in Khost Province, Afghanistan, killing US soldiers Stephen Koch (23) and Robert Rapp (22) and two Afghans. Uzbek Islamist group Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) claimed responsibility for having used 4.5 tons of explosives for what was described as an "enormous blast" and publishing a film of the explosion.^[1]