Suicide Bombing at Religious Gathering Kills 55 Civilians in Kabul (2018)

Incident
Date
Nov 20, 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
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
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 civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Extermination
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On November 20, 2018, an unknown suicide bomber attacked a religious gathering in Kabul province, killing 55 civilians and wounding 94 others. This mass casualty attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in religious activities, representing one of the deadliest single attacks against civilians in Kabul that year.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
149