Bomb Attack on Education Ministry Employees' Bus in Kabul (2016)

Incident
Date
Apr 11, 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
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On April 11, 2016, a bomb targeted a bus transporting Education Ministry employees to work in Kabul. The attack resulted in one death and five injuries among the government employees. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
6