Taliban Suicide Attack on Ministry Employees' Minibus in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 24, 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
Kart-e-Seh district, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 24, 2017, the Taliban conducted a suicide attack targeting a minibus carrying employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Kart-e-Seh district of Kabul. The attack killed at least 38 civilians and injured dozens of others. This deliberate targeting of government employees represents a systematic campaign against civilian personnel working for the Afghan government.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
38