Devastating Truck Bomb Attack in Zanbaq Square, Kabul (2017)
Incident- Date
- May 31, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Kabul: PD (Police District) 10
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- Zanbaq Square, Wazir Akbar Khan Rd,
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Ground Attack
- Heavy Weapon Attack
- Suicide Attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Office of National Security Council (ONSC)
- Resolute Support (RS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militant
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Attacking humanitarian personnel and objects
- War crime: Employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- War crime: Inhuman treatment
- War crime: Killing or wounding a person hors de combat
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Treacherously killing or wounding
- War crime: Use of mines against civilians
- War crime: Wilful killing
- War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
- Crime against humanity: Extermination
- Crime against humanity: Murder
- Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On May 31, 2017, a truck bomb exploded at a crowded intersection in Kabul, Afghanistan, near the German embassy during rush hour at approximately 08:25 local time.
The blast killed over 150 people and injured 463, mostly civilians, making it the deadliest terror attack in Kabul’s history. The explosion caused extensive damage to several buildings in the heavily fortified diplomatic quarter, which is protected by high blast walls and multiple checkpoints.
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS) attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network. Although no group claimed responsibility, the Afghan Taliban were suspected but denied involvement and condemned the attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
- 150