2002 Kabul bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2002 Kabul bombing


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location=Kabul, Afghanistan
target=Unknown
date=September 5, 2002
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type=car bomb
fatalities=30
injuries=167
perps=TalibanCampaignbox Afghanistan attacksThe 2002 Kabul bombing occurred on September 5, 2002 when a car bomb explosion killed 30 people and wounded 167 in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. [ [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 and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist group. Others suggested that renegade warlord and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin 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 ] ]

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