Suicide Attack Targeting Protesters Kills Five Civilians in Kabul City (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ لړم ۲۱
Year of Incident
2018
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
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • 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 November 12, 2018, a suicide attacker targeted protesters in Kabul City, killing five civilian men and wounding 20 others. The attack deliberately targeted civilians exercising their right to peaceful assembly and protest. No group claimed responsibility for this assault on demonstrators.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
25