- 2002 Kabul bombing
Infobox terrorist attack
title=2002 Kabul bombing
caption=
location=Kabul ,Afghanistan
target=Unknown
date=September 5 ,2002
time=
timezone=
type=car bomb
fatalities=30
injuries=167
perps=Taliban Campaignbox Afghanistan attacksThe 2002 Kabul bombing occurred onSeptember 5 ,2002 when acar bomb explosion killed 30 people and wounded 167 inKabul , the capital ofAfghanistan . [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-06/18/content_896390.htm 35 killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack ] ]Details
Security officials said most of the casualties were caused by a massive secondary blast, which took place outside the Ministry of Information and Culture at around mid-afternoon local time. They said a much smaller initial blast may have been intended to lure curious onlookers and security forces to the area before the larger second blast, which was thought to have been a car bomb.
The blast was the most serious incident to hit Kabul since President
Hamid Karzai 's government took office in earlier 2002. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/05/afghan.blast/index.html CNN.com - Afghan TV: Kabul explosions kill 26 - September 5, 2002 ] ]Responsibility
There were no immediate claims of responsibility, although officials mentioned several suspects -- including remnants of the country's former
Taliban rulers andOsama bin Laden 'sal Qaeda terrorist group. Others suggested that renegade warlord and former Prime MinisterGulbuddin Hekmatyar may have been involved. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/05/afghan.blast/index.html CNN.com - Afghan TV: Kabul explosions kill 26 - September 5, 2002 ] ]References
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