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.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 4
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