Bombings Near Afghanistan’s Parliament (2017)
Incident- Date
- Jan 10, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- Province of incident
- Kabul: Kabul
- Combined geolocations
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- Exact geolocation of incident
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- Kabul
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Conflict parties
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Wilful killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic State of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 10, 2017, a double bombing orchestrated by the Taliban near the Afghan Parliament office compound in Kabul resulted in numerous casualties during the early-evening rush hour, marking the deadliest of several high-profile attacks on the same day, including an explosion at a government guesthouse in Kandahar, which wounded the provincial governor and the UAE ambassador. Reports indicate 80 injured individuals and 30 fatalities. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Parliament bombings, with one witness describing a suicide bomber triggering explosives near the compound followed by a car bomb on a busy road.
- Source_1
The New York Times, Bombings Near Afghanistan’s Parliament Kill Dozens on Day of Assaults, 10 Jan 2017, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-bombing-parliament.html
- Source_2
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA): Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2017 Annual Report, pg. 52, available at https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/AF/ProtectionCiviliansAnnualReport2017.pdf