Attack on Moby Group Employees (2016):

Incident
Date
Jan 23, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Darulaman Road, PD3
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Civil Order Forces (ANCOF)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Afghan Special Forces (ASF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Office of National Security Council (ONSC)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Inhuman treatment
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Torture
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On January 23, 2016, a suicide attack targeted a minivan transporting Moby Media Group employees on Darulaman Road in western Kabul. The assailant, using a motorcycle rigged with explosives, collided with the vehicle, causing the deaths of seven employees and injuring 29 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack, stating it was in retaliation for a report by Tolo News on the conflict in Kunduz Province.

Source_1

AHRDO Archive

Reporters Without Borders

DW Farsi

Source_2

Etilaatroz

VOA Dari

No of victims involved
7