Target court employees Perpetrators Taliban Total number of deaths 17 | Non-fatal injuries 39 Date 11 June 2013 Attack type Suicide attack | |
Location Supreme Court of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan Locations Kabul, Supreme Court of Afghanistan Similar 2007 Baghlan sugar fact, 2008 Kandahar bombing, 22 August 2015 Kabul suicide b, 2015 Khost suicide bombing | ||
A suicide bomb attack took place on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in Kabul on 11 June 2013. At least 16 people died and 40 others were injured.
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The attacker drove a car packed with explosives into buses which carrying court employees including judges. Taliban took responsibility for the attack by saying they delivered a blow to judges who obey Western powers. The attack came a day after militants attacked Kabul International Airport
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