Afghanistan Parliament Complex Attack - Kabul (2015)
Incident- Date
- Jun 22, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Kabul: PD-6(Police District-6)
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- PD-6, Parliament Building, Kabul City, Kabul Province
- Types of incident
- Assault
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Explosion
- Hand Grenade
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Hostage taking
- Light Weapon Attack
- Shooting
- 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)
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- 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 : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On June 22, 2015, Taliban forces launched a complex attack targeting the Afghan Parliament in Kabul City. The assault included a suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VB-IED), small arms fire, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). The attack resulted in the deaths of one woman and one girl, and injured thirty-nine civilians, including nine women and five children. Members of Parliament were safely evacuated from the building, while most of the victims were bystanders in the vicinity of the Parliament compound. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 41
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