Suicide Bombing Near Defense Ministry Compound Kills at Least 23 (2016)

Incident
Date
Feb 27, 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
Near Defense Ministry compound
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)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Other inhumane acts
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On February 27, 2016, a suicide bombing occurred near the Defense Ministry compound, killing at least 23-26 people and wounding 50 others according to different sources. Among the casualties were two Afghan soldiers killed and eight soldiers injured. No information was provided about who was responsible for the attack.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

New York Times

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
76