Taliban Attak and Suicide Car Bombing at Security Agency Office in Kabul (2016)
Incident- Date
- Apr 19, 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
- Kabul City, Kabul
- Types of incident
- Assault
- Bombing
- Complex Attack
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Murder
- Shooting
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- 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)
- Other
- 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On April 19, 2016, a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an office of Afghanistan's main security agency in Kabul. The massive explosion killed at least 64 people, most of whom were civilians, and injured 347 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack, which occurred during their announced spring offensive.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 411
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