Taliban suicide bombers attacked an NGO killing 9 people and wounding 20 others
Incident- Date
- ۱۸ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
- Year of incident
- 2019
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Types of incident
- Complex attack
- Conflict parties
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Wilful killing
- Summary of incident
Taliban suicide bombers attacked NGO Counterpart International. After the explosion, gunmen were able to gain entry to the building. Nobody from Counterpart International was killed, but Afghan police security officers stationed at the front gate were killed. The New York Times reported that Counterpart International is an American-run contractor. They also reported that 9 people were killed and 20 were wounded in the attack. Most of the victims were civilians, one was a police commando. Among the dead were three employees of the American aid group CARE, which has officed nearby.
- Source_1
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 8, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf. Confirmed on Counterpart International's website, available at: https://www.counterpart.org/press-room/2019/05/counterpart-statement-on-attack-in-afghanistan/. Afghan War Casualty Report: May 3-9, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.