Taliban Complex Attack on Police Station in Kabul (2017)

Incident
Date
Mar 1, 2017
Year of incident
2017
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
  • Complex Attack
  • Explosion
  • Ground Attack
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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 : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 1, 2017, Taliban militants conducted a complex attack on a police station in Kabul. The assault began with a suicide car bomb detonation, followed by an armed assault on the facility. The attack killed 11 civilians and injured several others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this multi-phase operation targeting security forces that resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
11