Bombing at Kandahar Governor's Residence Kills Diplomats and Civilians (2017)
Incident- Date
- Jan 10, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Kandahar City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6311552979186
Longitude: 65.7419292332302
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kandahar
- Town/Village
- Kandahar province (Governor's residence)
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- 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 Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 10, 2017, an explosion occurred at the residence of the Kandahar Provincial Governor during a dinner event hosting visiting diplomats and dignitaries. The attack killed more than 40 people, including 13 civilians and five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Many others were injured in the blast, including the Kandahar Governor and the visiting UAE Ambassador. No group claimed responsibility for this attack targeting both Afghan officials and international diplomats.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 40
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