June 2013 Kabul bombings | |
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Part of the Taliban insurgency | |
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 Afghanistan in Kabul 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]