ISIL Suicide Bombing Outside Supreme Court Kills Female Employees in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Feb 7, 2017
Year of incident
2017
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 City, Kabul
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)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • 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 : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On February 7, 2017, a suicide attacker detonated an explosive device outside the Supreme Court in Kabul. The attack killed at least 21 people, the majority of whom were female employees of the Court, and injured more than 40 others. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for this targeted attack against judicial personnel.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Security Council

No of victims involved
61