Taliban Suicide Attack on Police Vehicle Kills Four in Kandahar City (2018)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۶ سلواغه ۷
- Year of Incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Kandahar City
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.6311552979186
Longitude: 65.7419292332302
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Kandahar
- Town Village
- Near Aino Mena housing scheme, Kandahar City, Kandahar province
- Types of Incident
- Suicide attack
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- 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)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- 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 January 27, 2018, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police vehicle near the Aino Mena housing scheme in Kandahar City, killing four people—two police officers and two civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack that targeted security forces but also resulted in civilian casualties.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 4
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