Remote-Controlled IED Attack on Roshan Company Bus in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Mar 13, 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
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • 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 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 March 13, 2017, a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (RC-IED) detonated at the side of the road as a Roshan telecommunications company bus passed by in Kabul. The explosion killed one woman and injured 23 civilians who were traveling on the private company transport. No group claimed responsibility for this attack targeting civilian workers.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
24