Taliban Complex Attack on Police Station in Kabul (2017)

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Date
۱۱ اسفند ۱۳۹۵
Year of Incident
2017
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Complex attack
  • Explosion
  • Ground attack
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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 1, 2017, Taliban militants conducted a complex attack on a police station in Kabul. The assault began with a suicide car bomb detonation, followed by an armed assault on the facility. The attack killed 11 civilians and injured several others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this multi-phase operation targeting security forces that resulted in significant civilian casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Humans Rights Watch

No of victims involved
11