Suicide Bombing Near Defense Ministry Compound Kills 12 (2016)

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Date
۸ اسفند ۱۳۹۴
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
Near Defense Ministry compound
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Other inhumane acts
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On February 27, 2016, a suicide bombing occurred near the Defense Ministry compound, killing at least 12 people and wounding 13 others. Among the casualties were two Afghan soldiers killed and eight soldiers injured. No information was provided about who was responsible for the attack.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

New York Times

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
76