A suicide bomb attack took place on the
Supreme Court of Afghanistan in
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
on 11 June 2013. At least 16 people died and 40 others were injured.
Attack
The perpetrator drove a car filled with explosives into buses which were carrying court employees including judges. The
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
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
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, image = Flightline at Kabul International Airport.jpeg
, caption = The flightline at Kabul International Airport in January 2012
, IATA = KBL
, ICAO = OAKB
, ...
.
Reactions
* Afghanistan President
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...
condemned the attack, saying, "it was another terrorist act that once again shows the Taliban are serving the enemies of Islam".
* UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon (; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was his country's Minister ...
condemned the attack, stating, "Targeted attacks against civilians are unacceptable and a serious breach of international humanitarian law".
See also
*
List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
This is a list of terrorist attacks in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
1995
* September 6: 1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul
2002
* September 5: 2002 Kabul bombing
2003
* July 9: 2003 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kab ...
References
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