Taliban Suicide Attack on Police Vehicle Kills Four in Kandahar City (2018)

Incident
Date
Jan 27, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kandahar
Town/Village
Near Aino Mena housing scheme, Kandahar City, Kandahar province
Types of incident
  • 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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 January 27, 2018, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police vehicle near the Aino Mena housing scheme in Kandahar City, killing four people—two police officers and two civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack that targeted security forces but also resulted in civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

ANA

No of victims involved
4