Suicide attack at Shah Shaheed

Incident
Date
Aug 7, 2015
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Shah Shaheed
Types of incident
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A barrage of deadly suicide attacks killed at least 65 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, ending a two-month lull in major terrorist strikes in the capital, according to Afghan officials. It was the deadliest day in Kabul in 2015.

Source_1

New York Times

Source_2

BBC