Deadly Explosion in Dasht Barchi, Kabul (2024)

Incident

District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Types of incident

Conflict parties

Alleged types of crimes

War crime: Attacking civilian objects
War crime: Attacking civilians
War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
War crime: Murder
War crime: Use of mines against civilians
War crime: Wilful killing
War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
Act of genocide: Killing
Crime against humanity: Murder
Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts

Regime in place

Summary of incident: Victims: At least one person killed, 11 injured

Date: August 11, 2024

Location: Dasht Barchi, 13th Police District, West Kabul

On August 11, 2024, a deadly explosion occurred in the Hazara area of Dasht Barchi, west of Kabul. The explosion, caused by a mine embedded in a “Mercedes” passenger car, took place at 3:25 PM. The blast resulted in the death of at least one person and injured 11 others.

The Emergency Hospital, a local branch of the Emergency Humanitarian NGO, reported on its X account that eight of the injured, including three women, were transferred to their surgery center. Seven of these individuals required surgery, with one in critical condition. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-KP) branch claimed responsibility for the attack.