Taliban Suicide Bombing at Bank Near US Embassy in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Aug 29, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Near US Embassy and diplomatic quarter, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On August 29, 2017, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a bank in Kabul located close to the US Embassy and the city's main diplomatic quarter. The attack killed at least five people and wounded nine others, according to Mohammad Salim Rasouli, chief of Kabul hospitals at the Health Ministry. This bombing targeted a financial institution in the heavily secured diplomatic area of the capital.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Aljazeera

No of victims involved
14