Taliban Suicide Attack on Ministry Employees' Minibus in Kart-e-Seh, Kabul (2017)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۶ زمری ۲
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kart-e-Seh district, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • 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
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On July 24, 2017, the Taliban conducted a suicide attack targeting a minibus carrying employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Kart-e-Seh district of Kabul. The attack killed at least 38 civilians and injured dozens of others. This deliberate targeting of government employees represents a systematic campaign against civilian personnel working for the Afghan government.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

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Human Rights Watch

No of victims involved
38