Justice Ministry Suicide Attack - Kabul 2015

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ غویی ۲۹
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Ministry of Justice, Darulaman, Police District 6, Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide Attack
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Taliban
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Destruction and appropriation of property
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On May 19, 2015, Taliban conducted a suicide attack against the Ministry of Justice in Darulaman, Police District 6 of Kabul City. The attack resulted in the deaths of six civilians, including three female prosecutors, and injured forty-seven others, among them four women. In their claim of responsibility, the Taliban stated that they would continue to target "judges, prosecutors, the personnel of Ministry of Justice and the likes."

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

[UNAMA]: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 47](https://unama.unmissions.org/protection-of-civilians-reports)

No of victims involved
53