Ramadan Violence Kills Fifty People in Kabul (2017)
Incident- Date
- May 26, 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
- Clash
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Shooting
- 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)
- 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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 26, 2017, the first day of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, multiple violent incidents occurred in Kabul province. A suspected suicide bomber killed as many as 14 people, while separate fighting between militants and security forces resulted in at least 36 additional deaths. This violence on the first day of the sacred month highlighted the continued intensity of conflict affecting the capital.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 50
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