Remote-Controlled IED Attack on Roshan Company Bus in Kabul (2017)

Document
Date
۲۳ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
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
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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 civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On March 13, 2017, a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (RC-IED) detonated at the side of the road as a Roshan telecommunications company bus passed by in Kabul. The explosion killed one woman and injured 23 civilians who were traveling on the private company transport. No group claimed responsibility for this attack targeting civilian workers.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UN

No of victims involved
24