Sticky Bomb Attack on Military Vehicle Near US Embassy in Kabul (2016)

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Date
۲۵ مرداد ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul (near US Embassy and Supreme Court)
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 August 15, 2016, a sticky bomb attached to a military vehicle exploded at a main square in Kabul, near the US Embassy and the Supreme Court. The blast injured two people, including an Afghan army officer. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NDTV

No of victims involved
2