Justice Ministry Suicide Attack - Kabul (2015)

Incident
Date
May 19, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Ministry of Justice, Darulaman, Police District 6, Kabul City, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On May 19, 2015, Taliban conducted a suicide attack against the Ministry of Justice in Darulaman, Police District 6 of Kabul City. The attack resulted in the deaths of six civilians, including three female prosecutors, and injured forty-seven others, among them four women. In their claim of responsibility, the Taliban stated that they would continue to target "judges, prosecutors, the personnel of Ministry of Justice and the likes."

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA:Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 17, 54-55

DW Dari

No of victims involved
53