January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack | |
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Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | |
KabulKabul (Afghanistan) | |
Location | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Date | 17 January 2014 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, mass shooting |
Weapons | Bomb, guns |
Deaths | 21 (+1 bomber) |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
On January 17, 2014, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the gate of the Taverna du Liban, a heavily fortified restaurant in Kabul popular with foreign nationals, including diplomats, humanitarian aid workers and journalists; two gunmen then entered the building and began "shooting indiscriminately." 21 people were slain.
The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Casualties
Nationality | Dead |
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Afghanistan | 8 |
Lebanon | 2 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Denmark | 1 |
Malaysia | 1 |
Russia | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
Somalia | 1 |
Total | 21 |
- Wabel Abdallah, head of the Afghanistan office of the International Monetary Fund.
- Alexandros Petersen, a scholar of energy and of the geopolitics of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Petersen had recently joined the faculty at the American University in Kabul.
See also
References
- ^ "Suicide bomb attack on Kabul restaurant 'kills 14'". BBC. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (21 January 2014). "In Memoriam: Alexandros Petersen, Murdered By The Taliban In Kabul". Forbes. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- "Kabul restaurant attack: Three UN staff and local IMF head among 21 dead". TheGuardian.com. 18 January 2014.
- Torrance, Kelly Jane (3 February 2014). "Alexandros Petersen, 1984-2014 Kelly Jane Torrance on The Most Interesting Man in D.C." Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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