2015 Kabul Parliament attack
| Kabul Parliament attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Car bombing, mass shooting | |
| Weapons | AK-47 assault rifles RPG launchers |
| Deaths | 9 total 2 civilian 7 Taliban |
| Injured | 40 (civilian) |
| Perpetrators | Taliban |
| Motive | Terrorist attack targeting new defense minister Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai |
The 2015 Kabul Parliament attack occurred on June 22, 2015, when members of the
Two civilians and seven Taliban died in the attack.Background
In 2014,
The attack came amid intensifying Taliban attacks around the Northern city of
The attack
A Taliban fighter driving a car loaded with explosives managed to get through security checkpoints before detonating the vehicle outside the parliament's gates. Six Taliban insurgents with AK-47 rifles and RPGs took up positions in a construction site nearby.[7] Members of Parliament were evacuated to safety, while security forces battled the insurgents in a two-hour gun battle. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all seven attackers were killed by police and no MPs were wounded.[8]
Casualties and responsibility
The UN mission in Afghanistan says a woman and a child were killed in the attack, and 40 civilians were injured.[9]
Taliban spokesman
Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul's Chief of Police, says that the police will investigate how the attackers got so close to parliament.[2]
See also
- 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack
- February 2010 Kabul attack
- War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)
- Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)
- List of terrorist incidents, 2015
- List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
References
- ^ Masoud Popalzai and Jethro Mullen (22 June 2015). "Taliban attempt attack on Afghan Parliament in Kabul - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Taliban launch brazen attack on Afghan parliament, seize second district in north". Reuters. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ First wave of IS attacks? Claim and denial over the Jalalabad bombs - Kate Clark and Borhan Osman, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 22 April 2015
- ^ "Afghans counter Taliban offensive in northern Kunduz province". BBC News. 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Taliban and Afghan Government Dispute Status of Kunduz". New York Times. 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Taliban advance on key northern city". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan explosion: Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack parliament building in Kabul killing two, wounding at least 30". ABC News. 23 June 2015.
- ^ RAHIM, FAIEZ; AMIR, SHAH. "Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan parliament". The Big Story. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Matthew Weaver (22 June 2015). "Afghanistan parliament attacked by Taliban suicide bomber and gunmen – rolling updates". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
