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Additional information
Date of birth:
18 Years old
Village/Town of birth:
Province of birth:
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Unknown
Education:
Undergraduate
Date of the main incident:
August, 24 2016
Place of the main incident:
PD 6, Kabul, Dasht-e-Barchi
Related incident:
Incident description
On August 24, 2016, suspected Taliban attackers stormed the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul using a car bomb and automatic weapons. The assault resulted in the deaths of sixteen people, including eight university students, one university policeman, and three security guards. Additionally, fifty to fifty-three individuals were injured, some critically. Afghan Special Forces killed three of the attackers. This incident marked the first direct attack on the university, although two professors had been kidnapped just outside the campus a few weeks earlier. Both Taliban and ISIL-KP were suspected though no group or individual claimed the responsibility for the attack.
AHRDO Incident Report
Alleged type of harm
Alleged type of crimes
Province:
Kabul: Kabul
Latitude:
34.5168788437339
Longitude:
69.1499999975304
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
Samiullah was an 18 year old talented musician who won a scholarship to study at AUAF. Samiullah attended Afghanistan’s only music institute, Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and Carnegie Hall. The day before the attack, Samiullah posted “Looking forward to a beautiful and bright future”. He was killed on his second day of class.
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
On August 24, 2016, suspected Taliban attackers stormed the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul using a car bomb and automatic weapons. The assault resulted in the deaths of sixteen people, including eight university students, one university policeman, and three security guards. Additionally, fifty to fifty-three individuals were injured, some critically. Afghan Special Forces killed three of the attackers. This incident marked the first direct attack on the university, although two professors had been kidnapped just outside the campus a few weeks earlier. Both Taliban and ISIL-KP were suspected though no group or individual claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Samiullah was an 18 year old talented musician who won a scholarship to study at AUAF. Samiullah attended Afghanistan’s only music institute, Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and Carnegie Hall. The day before the attack, Samiullah posted “Looking forward to a beautiful and bright future”. He was killed on his second day of class.
AHRDO Incident Report
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