Suicide Bombing at Religious Gathering Kills 55 Civilians in Kabul (2018)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ لړم ۲۹
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 civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Extermination
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On November 20, 2018, an unknown suicide bomber attacked a religious gathering in Kabul province, killing 55 civilians and wounding 94 others. This mass casualty attack deliberately targeted civilians participating in religious activities, representing one of the deadliest single attacks against civilians in Kabul that year.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
149