At least seven civilians and three police officers were killed in an attack on the Afghan communications ministry in central Kabul

Incident
Date
۳۱ فروردین 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: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

At least seven civilians and three police officers were killed in an attack on the Afghan communications ministry in central Kabul. Another eight civilians were wounded. The attack began shortly before midday when a suicide bomb detonated at the entrance to the multistory building that houses the ministry, followed by gunfire that could be heard over a mile away. The Taliban denied responsibility for the attack.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 19-25, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.