Militants Storm Government Offices After Car Bomb Kills 43 in Kabul (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 24, 2018
Year of incident
2018
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
  • Clash
  • Complex Attack
  • Explosion
  • Ground Attack
  • Shooting
  • 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)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 December 24, 2018, militants conducted a complex attack on Afghan government offices in Kabul, beginning with a car bomb detonation followed by an armed assault on the buildings. According to officials, at least 43 people were killed and 27 others were wounded in this coordinated attack that targeted government facilities and personnel.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
70