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
- No of victims involved
- 76
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