Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 22 at Defense Ministry - Kabul (2019)

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Date
۲۶ شهریور ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • 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)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated outside the Ministry of Defense in Kabul City, killing 22 civilians and wounding 38 others. The bombing occurred an hour after another suicide bomber exploded in Parwan Province, where President Ashraf Ghani was visiting. The coordinated attacks targeted government facilities and resulted in significant civilian casualties in the capital.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
60