Makroyan VBIED Attack Near Presidential Palace - Kabul (2015)
Incident- Date
- Aug 22, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Kabul: Kabul
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- 3rd Makroyan (PD-9) near presidential palace, Kabul City, Kabul Province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Resolute Support (RS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- War crime: Use of mines against civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On August 22, 2015, a suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) detonated in the 3rd Makroyan area of Police District 9 near the presidential palace in Kabul City. The attack, which reportedly targeted foreign forces, resulted in one hundred civilian casualties, including twelve deaths and eighty-eight injuries. The Taliban denied responsibility for the incident.
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- No of victims involved
- 100
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