Sticky Bomb Attack on Military Vehicle Near US Embassy in Kabul (2016)
Incident- Date
- Aug 15, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- 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 (near US Embassy and Supreme Court)
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- 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
- 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 August 15, 2016, a sticky bomb attached to a military vehicle exploded at a main square in Kabul, near the US Embassy and the Supreme Court. The blast injured two people, including an Afghan army officer. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 2
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