Suicide Attack Targeting Protesters Kills Five Civilians in Kabul City (2018)

Incident
Date
Nov 12, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On November 12, 2018, a suicide attacker targeted protesters in Kabul City, killing five civilian men and wounding 20 others. The attack deliberately targeted civilians exercising their right to peaceful assembly and protest. No group claimed responsibility for this assault on demonstrators.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
25