June 2013 Kabul bombings | |
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Part of the Taliban insurgency | |
Kabul (Afghanistan) | |
Location | Supreme Court of Afghanistan, Kabul |
Date | 11 June 2013 |
Target | court employees |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
Deaths | 17 |
Injured | 39 |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
A suicide bomb attack took place on the Supreme Court of AfghanistaninKabul on 11 June 2013. At least 16 people died and 40 others were injured.[1][2]
The perpetrator drove a car filled with explosives into buses which were carrying court employees including judges.[3] The Taliban took responsibility for the attack, saying that they delivered a blow to judges who obeyed Western powers. The attack came a day after militants attacked Kabul International Airport.[1][4]
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