25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing | |
---|---|
Location | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
Date | 25 August 2009 |
Attack type | suicide truck bombing |
Deaths | 43 |
Injured | At least 65 |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
The 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing was a suicide truck bombing that killed 43 people and injured at least 65 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[1]
A wedding hall and a dozen houses were destroyed in the explosion.[2] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.[3]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overview |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Casualties and losses |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aftermath |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War crimes |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peace process |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reactions |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memorials |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This Afghanistan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |