List of terrorist attacks in Kabul

This is a list of terrorist attacks since 2008 in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

2008

• January 14: 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
• July 7: 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul

2009

• February 11: February 2009 Kabul raids
• August 15: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
• October 8: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack
• October 28: 2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul

2010

• January 18: January 2010 attack in central Kabul
• February 26: February 2010 Kabul attack
• May 18: May 2010 Kabul bombing

2011

• June 28: 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
• September 13: September 2011 Kabul attack
• December 6: 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings

2012

• April 15: April 2012 Afghanistan attacks

2013

• June 11: June 2013 Kabul bombings
• June 25: 2013 Afghan presidential palace attack

2014

• January 17: 2014 Kabul restaurant bombing
• March 20: 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
• December 11: December 2014 Kabul bombings

2015

• May 13: 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack
• June 22: 2015 Kabul Parliament attack
• August 7: August 2015 Kabul attacks
• August 10: 10 August 2015 Kabul suicide attack
• August 22: 22 August 2015 Kabul suicide attack
• December 11: 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul

2016

• February 1: February 2016 Kabul bombing
• April 19: April 2016 Kabul attack
• July 23: July 2016 Kabul bombing
• August 1: August 2016 Kabul attack
• September 5: September 2016 Kabul attacks
• November 21: November 2016 Kabul suicide bombing

2017

• January 10: The first attack during the 10 January 2017 Afghanistan bombings was a twin suicide bombing in front of the National Assembly of Afghanistan in Kabul, killing 46 people. Later attacks took place in Kandahar and Lashkargah.
• March 8: March 2017 Kabul attack
• May 31: May 2017 Kabul attack
• June 3: June 2017 Kabul attack
• December 28: December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing

2018

• January 2: A car bomb wounds three police officers^[1]
• January 4: A suicide bombing kills 20.^[2]
• January 20: 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
• January 27: 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing
• January 29: Shooting at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University
• February 24: A suicide bomber Saturday blew himself up near a security post in Kabul, killing at least three people and wounding several others.^[3][4]
• March 9: A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least seven people, according to officials. The attack was apparently intended to hit crowds gathered to commemorate the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, a political leader from the mainly Shiite Hazara minority.^[5]
• March 21: March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing ^[6]
• April 22: April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing ^[7]
• April 30: April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings ^[8]
• June 4: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives targeting a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics in Kabul, killing at least 14 people and wounding 19. Shortly afterwards, a magnetic bomb attached to a police car exploded and as a result three people were wounded, the Islamic State Khorasan province claimed responsibility.^[9][10][11]
• June 11: 17 people were killed and 40 others were seriously injured after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Afghan ministry in Kabul, the Islamic State Khorasan province claimed responsibility .^[12][13]
• July 15: A suicide bomber detonated near a government ministry in Kabul, killing eight people and wounding 17 others the Islamic State's Khorasan province claimed responsibility.^[14][15]
• July 22: 23 people, including an AFP driver, were killed and 107 others injured in a suicide bombing near Kabul International Airport as scores of people were leaving the airport after welcoming home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile, Islamic State Khorasan Province claimed responsibility.^[16]
• August 13: A suicide bomber detonated outside an Afghan election office killing one and injuring another person, the Taliban is suspected for the attack.^[17]
• August 15: August 2018 Kabul suicide bombing: A suicide bombing in an educative academy of Kabul left at least 48 killed and 67 injured the Islamic State Khorasan province did the attack.^[18][19][20]
• September 5: 26 people were killed and 91 were injured in suicide blasts targeting a Kabul Wrestling club and emergency teams, two journalists were among the dead, the Islamic State Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the bombing.^{[21][22][23][24]}
• September 9: A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a group of people commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring an additional 25, officials said,the Islamic State Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.^[25][26]

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