Taliban Double Suicide Bombing Near Parliament in Kabul (2017)
Incident- Date
- Jan 10, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Kabul: Kabul
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- Near Parliament Administration building, Kabul
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Complex Attack
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide 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 : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 10, 2017, coordinated suicide bombings occurred outside the Parliament Administration building in Kabul during the early-evening rush hour as workers were leaving for the day. The attack involved both body-borne and vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs), causing 109 civilian casualties, including 34 deaths (one of them a child) and 75 injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this complex attack that deliberately targeted civilians during a high-traffic period.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 109
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